Postlude
Post″lude (?), n. [Pref. post- + -lude, as in prelude.] (Med.) A voluntary at the end of a service.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Postman
Post″man (?), n.; pl.Postmen (�). 1. A post or courier; a letter carrier.2. (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence ...
Postmark
Post″mark′ (?), n. The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
Postmark (2)
Post″mark′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Postmarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Postmarking.] To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
Postmaster
Post″mas′ter (?), n. 1. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribu...
Postmaster-general
Post″mas′ter–gen″er‐al (?), n.; pl.Postmasters-general. The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member ...
Postmastership
Post″mas′ter‐ship, n. The office of postmaster.
Postmeridian
Post′me‐rid″i‐an (?), a. [L. postmeridianus; post after + meridianus. See Meridian.] 1. Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (...
Postnares
‖Post‐na″res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Post-, and Nares.] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares.
Postnatal
Post‐na″tal (?), a. [Pref. post- + natal.] After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
Postnate
Post″nate (?), a. [LL. postnatus second or subsequently born; L. post after + natus born.] Subsequent. “The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.” Jer. Taylor.
Postnuptial
Post‐nup″tial (?), a. [Pref. post- + nuptial.] Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.
Postoblongata
‖Post‐ob′lon‐ga″ta (?), n. [NL. See Post-, and Oblongata.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
Postocular
Post‐oc″u‐lar (?), a. & n. [Pref. post- + ocular.] (Zoöl.) Same as Postorbital.
Postoral
Post‐o″ral (?), a. [Pref. post- + oral.] (Anat.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.
Postorbital
Post‐or″bit‐al (?), a. [Pref. post- + orbital.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. — n. A postorbital bone or scale.
Postpaid
Post″paid′ (?), a. Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.
Postpalatine
Post‐pal″a‐tine (?), a. [Pref. post- + palatine.] (Anat.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.
Postpliocene
Post‐pli″o‐cene (?), a.(Geol.) [Pref. post- + pliocene.] Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
Postpone
Post‐pone″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Postponed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Postponing.] [L. postponere, postpositum; post after + ponere to place, put. See Post-, and Position.] 1. To def...
Postponement
Post‐pone″ment (?), n. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay.
Postponence
Post‐pon″ence (?), n. [From L. postponens, p. pr.] The act of postponing, in sense 2. Johnson.
Postponer
Post‐pon″er (?), n. One who postpones.
Postpose
Post‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Postposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Postposing.] [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose, v. t.] To postpone. Fuller.
Postposit
Post‐pos″it (?), v. t. [L. postpositus, p. p. See Postpone.] To postpone. Feltham.
Postposition
Post′po‐si″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. postposition. See Postpone.] 1. The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. “The postposition of the nominative case to the ver...
Postpositional
Post′po‐si″tion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to postposition.