adv. Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward;
It was about the space of three hours after. Acts. v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
prep.
Codrus after Ph&unr_;bus sings the best. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ye shall not go after other gods. Deut. vi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
After whom is the king of Israel come out? 1 Sam. xxiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
To name or
call after
Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes. Isa. xi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. Rom. viii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
After all,
After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.)
One after another,
To be after,
a. [ AS. æfter after, behind; akin to Goth. aftaro, aftra, backwards, Icel. aptr, Sw. and Dan. efter, OHG. aftar behind, Dutch and LG. achter, Gr.
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
After body (Naut.),
n. (Med.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, when they are expelled from the womb after delivery. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
n. A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The time just after dinner. “An after-dinner's sleep.” Shak. [ Obs. ] --
n. Aftergrass. [ 1913 Webster ]