Webster's Dictionary 1913

6724

Postpositive

Post‐pos″i‐tive (?), a. [See Postpone.] Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. — Post‐pos″i‐tive‐ly, adv.

6725

Postprandial

Post‐pran″di‐al (?), a. [Pref. post- + prandial.] Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.

6726

Postremogeniture

Pos‐tre′mo‐gen″i‐ture (?; 135), n. [L. postremus last + genitura birth, geniture.] The right of the youngest born. Mozley & W.

6727

Postremote

Post′re‐mote″ (?), a. [Pref. post- + remote.] More remote in subsequent time or order.

6728

Postrider

Post″rid′er (?), n. One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. Bancroft.

6729

Postscapula

‖Post‐scap″u‐la (?), n. [NL. See Post-, and Scapula.] (Anat.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

6730

Postscapular

Post‐scap″u‐lar (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.

6731

Postscenium

‖Post‐sce″ni‐um (?), n. [L., fr. post + scena a scene.] The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.

6732

Postscribe

Post‐scribe″ (?), v. t. [L. postscribere. See Postscript.] To make a postscript. T. Adams.

6733

Postscript

Post″script (?), n. [L. postscriptus, (assumed) p. p. of postscribere to write after; post after + scribere to write: cf. F. postscriptum. See Post-, and Scribe.] A paragraph ad...

6734

Postscripted

Post″script‐ed, a. Having a postscript; added in a postscript. J. Q. Adams.

6735

Postscutellum

‖Post′scu‐tel″lum (?), n. [NL. See Post-, and Scutellum.] (Zoöl.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

6736

Postsphenoid

Post‐sphe″noid (?), a. [Pref. post- + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

6737

Posttertiary

Post‐ter″ti‐a‐ry (?), a. [Pref. post- + tertiary.] (Geol.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.

6738

Postulant

Pos″tu‐lant (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. postulans, p. pr. of postulare. See Postulate.] One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

6739

Postulate

Pos″tu‐late (?), n. [L. postulatum a demand, request, prop. p. p. of postulare to demand, prob. a dim. of poscere to demand, prob. for porcscere; akin to G. forschen to search, ...

6740

Postulate (2)

Pos″tu‐late, a. Postulated. Hudibras.

6741

Postulate (3)

Pos″tu‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Postulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Postulating.] 1. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.2. To take without express cons...

6742

Postulated

Pos″tu‐la′ted (?), a. Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. Sir T. Browne.

6743

Postulation

Pos′tu‐la″tion (?), n. [L. postulatio: cf. F. postulation.] The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

6744

Postulatory

Pos″tu‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. postulatorius.] Of the nature of a postulate. Sir T. Browne.

6745

Postulatum

‖Pos′tu‐la″tum (?), n.; pl.Postulata (#). [L. See Postulate, n.] A postulate. Addison.

6746

Postumous

Pos″tu‐mous (?), a. See Posthumous.

6747

Postural

Pos″tur‐al (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to posture.

6748

Posture

Pos″ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.] 1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the b...

6749

Posture (2)

Pos″ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Postured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Posturing.] To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a partic...

6750

Posture (3)

Pos″ture, v. i. 1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.2. Fig.: To assume a ...