Definition of after

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After (prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.

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Repeat :: Repeat (n.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance..
Chase :: Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor..
Glorification :: Glorification (n.) The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection..
Restoration :: Restoration (n.) The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war..
Executor :: Executor (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease..
Peterman :: Peterman (n.) A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter.
Night :: Night (n.) The period after the close of life; death.
Quadrille :: Quadrille (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded..
Difference :: Difference (n.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other..
Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life..
Rinse :: Rinse (v. t.) To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
And :: And (conj.) In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish..
Anacreontic :: Anacreontic (n.) A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
Counter :: Counter (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper..
Wednesday :: Wednesday (a.) The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.
Stock :: Stock (n.) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank..
Teneral :: Teneral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring..
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