1. or adverb
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1. In marine language, more aft, or towards the stern of the ship; as, the after sails; after hatchway.
2. In common language, later in time; as, an after period of life.
3. In this sense, the word is often combined with the following noun; as in afternoon.
1. Posterior; later in time; as, it was about the space of three hours after In this sense, the word, however, is really a preposition, the object being understood; about three hours after the time or fact before specified.
2. After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but retaining its genuine signification. Some of the following words are of this kind, but in some of them after seems rather to be a separate word.
1. Behind in place; as, men placed in a line one after another.
2. Later in time; as, after supper. This word often precedes a sentence, as a governing preposition.
4. In pursuit of, that is, moving behind, following; in search of.
5. After whom is the king of Israel come out? 1 Samuel 24:8 .
6. Ye shall not go after other Gods. Deuteronomy 6:14 .
7. In imitation of; as, to make a thing after a model.
8. According to; as, consider a thing after its intrinsic value.
9. According to the direction and influence of.
10. To walk after the flesh; to live after the flesh. Romans 8:1 .
11. To judge after the sight of the eye. Isaiah 11:3 .
12. To inquire after is to seek by asking; to ask concerning.
13. To follow after in scripture, is to pursue, or imitate; to serve, or worship.
1. Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
2. Hinder; nearer the rear.
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
2. Below in rank; next to in order.
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.
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.
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.
9. According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
10. According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
After damp
Webster's Dictionary 1913
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
A subsequent reckoning.
A subsequent act.
1. Later ages; succeeding times. After-age, in the singular, is not improper.
2. 'AFTER ALL , is a phrase, signifying, when all has been considered, said or done; at last; in the final result.
A future band.
The appendages of the fetus, called also secundines.
An unexpected, subsequent event; something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
A successor.
Future comfort
Subsequent behavior.
'AFTER-CONVIC'TION , n Future conviction.
Later cost; expense after the execution of the main design.
Future course.
The second crop in the same year.
Future days.
The time just after dinner.
Part of the increase of the same year. [Local.]
An endeavor after the first or former effort.
Rear Roget’s Thesaurus §235
N. rear, back, posteriority, rear rank, rear guard, # background, hinterland, occiput, nape, chine, heels, tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin, dorsal region, lumbar region, hind quarters, aitchbone, natch, natch bone, stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper, wake, train, reverse, other side of the shield
V. be behind, fall astern, bend backwards, bring up the rear
Adj. back, rear, hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost, postern, posterior, dorsal, after, caudal, lumbar, mizzen, tergal
Adv. behind, in the rear, in the background, behind one's back, at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of, back to back, after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward
Phr. ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio, the other side of the coin
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
