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After

adverb

Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. Synonyms: afterward, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently. "He's going to the store but he'll be back here later" , "It didn't happen until afterward" , "Two hours after that"

Behind or in the rear.

adjective

Located farther aft.

Aft

adjective

(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail.

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... directed on the track of Walter Ardworth, after leaving Liverpool, which (I find by the books at the inn where he lodged and was known) he did in debt to the innkeeper, the very night he received the charge of the child. Here, as yet, I am in fault; but I have ascertained that a woman, one of the sect, of the ...

— Lucretia, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... all he said. I could not help it; my transom was open. And then, too, after he mentioned—Mr. Alwyn's name, I wanted to hear. I knew that his appointment would cost you the embassy—unless Bles was tempted and should fall. So I came to you to say—to say you mustn't pay ...

— The Quest of the Silver Fleece - A Novel • W. E. B. Du Bois

... many writers of her day, she wrote Johnsonese rather than English. She loved long words, and amplified where she should have compressed. However, it is an ungracious task to criticise one who did good work in her time. After all, the truest test of the merits of a writer who wrote with the single object that Hannah More did, is the effect she produced. Her writings were once readable and very influential. If the virtue now appears to have gone out of them, we may be ...

— The English Church in the Eighteenth Century • Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton

... world were already protestant Chieftains are dwarfed in the estimation of followers Children who had never set foot on the shore Chronicle of events must not be anticipated College of "peace-makers," who wrangled more than all Conceding it subsequently, after much contestation Conceit, and procrastination which marked the royal character Condemned first and inquired upon after Conformity of Governments to the principles of justice Considerable reason, even if there were but ...

— Quotations From John Lothrop Motley • David Widger

... the biggest heart among them all Beat under the feathered hat;— "Not me!" she cried, and up, and sped After the boys who had fought and bled,— "Here's a game ...

— 'All's Well!' • John Oxenham

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