Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Postgeniture

Post‐gen″i‐ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. post- + L. genitura birth, geniture.] The condition of being born after another in the same family; — distinguished from primogeniture. Sir T...

6671

Postglacial

Post‐gla″cial (?), a.(Geol.) (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the...

6672

Postglenoid

Post‐gle″noid (?), a. [Pref. post- + glenoid.] (Anat.) Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

6673

Postgraduate

Post‐grad″u‐ate (?), a. [Pref. post- + graduate.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a colle...

6674

Posthaste

Post′haste″ (?), n. Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. Shak.

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Posthaste (2)

Post′haste, adv. With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste. Shak.

6676

Posthetomy

Pos‐thet″o‐my (?), n. [Gr. πόσθη prepuce + τέμνειν to cut.] (Med.) Circumcision. Dunglison.

6677

Posthouse

Post″house′ (?), n. 1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.

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Posthume

{ Post″hume (?), Post″humed (?), } a. Posthumous. I. Watts.Fuller.

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Posthumous

Post″hu‐mous (?; 277), a. [L. posthumus, postumus, properly, last; hence, late born (applied to children born after the father's death, or after he had made his will), superl. o...

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Posthumously

Post″hu‐mous‐ly, adv. In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.

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Postic

Pos″tic (?), a. [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.] Backward. Sir T. Browne.

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Posticous

Pos″ti‐cous (?), a. [L. posticus.] (Bot.) (a) Posterior. (b) Situated on the outer side of a filament; — said of an extrorse anther.

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Postil

Pos″til (?), n. [F. postille, apostille, LL. postilla, probably from L. post illa (sc. verba) after those (words). Cf. Apostil.] 1. Originally, an explanatory note in the margin...

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Postil (2)

Pos″til, v. t. [Cf. LL. postillare.] To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Bacon.

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Postil (3)

Pos″til, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Postiled (�) or Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n.Postiling or Postilling.] To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.Postiling and alle...

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Postiler

Pos″til‐er (?), n. [Written also postiller.] One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne.

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Postilion

Pos‐til″ion (?), n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See Post a postman.] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one w...

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Postillate

Pos″til‐late (?), v. t. [LL. postillatus, p. p. of postillare.] To explain by marginal notes; to postil.Tracts... postillated by his own hand. C. Knight.

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Postillate (2)

Pos″til‐late, v. i. 1. To write postils; to comment.2. To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

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Postillation

Pos′til‐la″tion (?), n. [LL. postillatio.] The act of postillating; exposition of Scripture in preaching.

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Postillator

Pos″til‐la′tor (?), n. One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.

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Postiller

Pos″til‐ler (?), n. See Postiler.

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Posting

Post″ing (?), n. 1. The act of traveling post.2. (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.Posting house, a post house.

6694

Postliminiar

Post′li‐min″i‐ar (?), a. [See Postliminium.] Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. “Postliminious after applications of them to their purposes.” South.

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Postliminiary

Post′li‐min″i‐a‐ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium.

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Postliminium

{ ‖Post′li‐min″i‐um (?), Post‐lim″i‐ny (?), } n. [L. postliminium, post after + limen, liminis, a threshold.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former priv...