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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: After \Aft"er\, prep. 1. Behind in place as men in line one after another. ``Shut doors after you.'' --Shak. 2. Below in rank; next to in order --Shak. Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. --Dryden. 3. Later in time; subsequent; as after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again I will go before you into Galilee. --Matt. xxvi. 32. 4. Subsequent to and in consequence of as after what you have said I shall be careful. 5. Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as after all our advice, you took that course. 6. Moving toward from behind; following, in search of in pursuit of Ye shall not go after other gods. --Deut. vi 14. After whom is the king of Israel come out? --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. 7. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to as to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness. 8. In imitation of in conformity with after the manner of as to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father. {To name} or {call after}, to name like and reference to Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. --Goldsmith. 9. According to in accordance with in conformity with the nature of as he acted after his kind He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes. --Isa. xi 3. They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. --Rom. viii. 5. 10. According to the direction and influence of in proportion to befitting. [Archaic] He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. --Bacon. {After all}, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. {After} (with the same noun preceding and following), as wave after wave, day after day several or many (waves, etc.) successively. {One after another}, successively. {To be after}, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get as he is after money. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: After \Aft"er\ ([.a]ft"t[~e]r), a. [AS. [ae]fter after behind; akin to Goth. aftaro aftra backwards, Icel. aptr, Sw and Dan. efter, OHG. aftar behind, Dutch and LG achter Gr 'apwte`rw further off The ending -ter is an old comparative suffix, in E. generally -ther (as in other), and after is a compar. of of off [root]194. See {Of}; cf {Aft}.] 1. Next later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as an after period of life. --Marshall. Note: In this sense the word is sometimes needlessly combined with the following noun by means of a hyphen, as after-ages, after-act, after-days, after-life. For the most part the words are properly kept separate when after has this meaning. 2. Hinder; nearer the rear. (Naut.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun as after-bowlines, after-braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts and mizzenmasts. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat, or middle part From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: After \Aft"er\, adv Subsequently in time or place behind; afterward; as he follows after It was about the space of three hours after --Acts. v. 7. Note: After is prefixed to many words forming compounds, but retaining its usual signification. The prefix may be adverbial, prepositional, or adjectival; as in after- described, after-dinner, after-part. The hyphen is sometimes needlessly used to connect the adjective after with its noun See {Note} under {After}, a., 1. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fact \Fact\, n. [L. factum, fr facere to make or do Cf {Feat}, {Affair}, {Benefit}, {Defect}, {Fashion}, and {-fy}.] 1. A doing making, or preparing. [Obs.] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. --B. Jonson 2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act an event; a circumstance. What might instigate him to this devilish fact I am not able to conjecture. --Evelyn. He who most excels in fact of arms. --Milton. 3. Reality; actuality; truth; as he in fact excelled all the rest; the fact is he was beaten. 4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes even when false, improperly put by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done or supposed to be done a thing supposed or asserted to be done as history abounds with false facts. I do not grant the fact --De Foe. This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --Roger Long. Note: TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low as attorney at low and attorney in fact issue in low and issue in fact There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact the former the low --Burrill Bouvier. {Accessary before}, or {after}, {the fact}. See under {Accessary}. {Matter of fact}, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as a matter-of-fact narration. Syn: Act deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dangle \Dan"gle\ (d[a^][ng]"g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dangled}; p. pr & vb n. {Dangling}.] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw dingla Icel. dingla perh. from E. ding.] To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. --Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. --Tennyson. {To dangle about} or {after}, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of to beset. The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: after adj : located farther aft [syn: {after(a)}] adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: {subsequently}, {later}, {afterwards}, {afterward}, {later on}] 2: behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"
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