"After" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Later, succeeding, subsequent to, Inferior In point of time or of priority or preference
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in
the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to;
as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after
righteousness.
Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our
advice, you took that course.
Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after
period of life.
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he
follows after.
According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the
nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
According to the direction and influence of; in
proportion to; befitting.
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three
days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between
it and the clause.
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of;
as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy
takes after his father.
Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you
have said, I shall be careful.
Hinder; nearer the rear.
Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in
pursuit of.
Below in rank; next to in order.
The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government.(A plaque with this quotation, with the first phrase omitted, is in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.)
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