Post Post adverb With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post .
Post note Post" note` (Com.) A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand. Burrill.
Post office Post" of`fice noun See under 4th Post .
Post- Post- (pōst). [ Latin post behind, after; confer Sanskrit paçcā behind, afterwards.] A prefix signifying behind , back , after ; as, post commissure, post dot, post script.
Post-abdomen Post`-ab·do"men noun [ Prefix
post- +
abdomen .]
(Zoology) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen .
Post-captain Post"-cap`tain noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
Post-disseizin Post"-dis·sei"zin noun [ Prefix
post- +
disseizin .]
(O. Eng. Law) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill. Tomlins.
Post-disseizor Post`-dis·sei"zor noun [ Prefix
post- +
disseizor .]
(O. Eng. Law) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. Blackstone.
Post-fine Post"-fine` noun [ Prefix
post- +
fine .]
(O. Eng. Law) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver .
Post-impressionism Post`-im·pres"sion·ism noun (Painting) In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painters, or of these groups taken collectively, whose work and theories have in common a tendency to reaction against the scientific and naturalistic character of impressionism and neo-impressionism. In a strict sense the term post- impressionism is used to denote the effort at self-expression, rather than representation, shown in the work of Cézanne, Matisse, etc.; but it is more broadly used to include cubism , the theory or practice of a movement in both painting and sculpture which lays stress upon volume as the important attribute of objects and attempts its expression by the use of geometrical figures or solids only; and futurism , a theory or practice which attempts to place the observer within the picture and to represent simultaneously a number of consecutive movements and impressions. In practice these theories and methods of the post-impressionists change with great rapidity and shade into one another, so that a picture may be both cubist and futurist in character. They tend to, and sometimes reach, a condition in which both representation and traditional decoration are entirely abolished and a work of art becomes a purely subjective expression in an arbitrary and personal language.
Post-mortem Post-mor"tem adjective [ Latin , after death.]
After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Medicine) ,
an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Post-obit Post-o"bit noun , or
Post-o"bit bond` [ Prefix
post- +
obit .]
(Law) A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. Bouvier.
Post-temporal Post-tem"po·ral adjective [ Prefix
post- +
temporal .]
(Anat.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes. --
noun A post-temporal bone.
Post-tragus Post"-tra`gus noun [ New Latin See
Post- , and
Tragus .]
(Anat.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
Post-tympanic Post`-tym·pan"ic adjective [ Prefix
post- +
tympanic .]
(Anat.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
Postable Post"a·ble adjective Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. [ Obsolete]
W. Montagu.
Postact Post"act` noun An act done afterward.
Postage Post"age noun The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post. Postage stamp ,
a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.
Postal Post"al adjective [ Confer French
postal .]
Belonging to the post office or mail service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities. Postal card , or
Post card ,
a card sold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other. --
Postal money order .
See Money order , under Money . --
Postal note ,
an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United States less than five dollars under existing law), issued from one post office and payable at another specified office. --
Postal Union ,
a union for postal purposes entered into by the most important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.
Postanal Post·a"nal adjective [ Prefix
post- +
anal .]
(Anat.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the anus.
Postaxial Post·ax"i·al adjective [ Prefix
post- +
axial .]
(Anat.) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior; especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.
Postboy Post"boy` noun 1. One who rides post horses; a position; a courier. 2. A boy who carries letters from the post.
Postcava Post"ca`va noun ;
plural Postcavæ . [ New Latin See
Post- , and
Cave ,
noun ]
(Anat.) The inferior vena cava. --
Post"ca`val adjective B. G. Wilder.
Postclavicle Post·clav"i·cle noun [ Prefix
post- +
clavicle .]
(Anat.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle. --
Post`*cla*vic"u*lar adjective
Postcommissure Post·com"mis·sure noun [ Prefix
post- +
commisure .]
(Anat.) A transverse commisure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commisure. B. G. Wilder.
Postcommunion Post`com·mun"ion noun [ Prefix
post- +
communion .]
1. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) The concluding portion of the communion service. 2. (R. C. Ch.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.
Postcornu Post·cor"nu noun ;
plural Postcornua . [ New Latin See
Post- , and
Cornu .]
(Anat.) The posterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.
Postdate Post"date` transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Postdated ;
present participle & verbal noun Postdating .] [ Prefix
post- +
date .]
1. To date after the real time; as, to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made. 2. To affix a date to after the event.
Postdate Post"date` adjective Made or done after the date assigned. Of these [ predictions] some were postdate ; cunningly made after the thing came to pass.
Fuller.
Postdate Post"date` noun A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than that when it was actually made.
Postdiluvial, Postdiluvian Post`di·lu"vi·al, Post`di·lu"vi·an adjective [ Prefix
post- +
diluvial ,
diluvian .]
Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
Postdiluvian Post`di·lu"vi·an noun One who lived after the flood.
Postea Post"e·a noun [ Latin , after these or those (things), afterward.]
(Law) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record. Wharton.
Postel Pos"tel noun Apostle. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Postencephalon Post`en·ceph"a·lon noun (Anat.) The metencephalon.
Postentry Post"en·try noun [ Prefix
post- +
entry .]
1. A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake. 2. (Bookkeeping) An additional or subsequent entry.
Poster Post"er noun 1. A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places. 2. One who posts bills; a billposter.
Poster Post"er noun 1. One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier. "
Posters of the sea and land."
Shak. 2. A post horse. "
Posters at full gallop."
C. Lever.
Posterior Pos·te"ri·or (pŏs*tē"rĭ*ẽr)
adjective [ Latin
posterior , compar. of
posterus coming after, from
post after. See
Post- .]
1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior . Hesiod was posterior to Homer.
Broome. 2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior . 3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal . 4. (Botany) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. Gray.
Posteriority Pos·te`ri·or"i·ty noun [ Confer French
postériorité .]
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority .
Posteriorly Pos·te"ri·or·ly adverb Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
Posteriors Pos·te"ri·ors noun plural The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
Posterity Pos·ter"i·ty noun [ Latin
posteritas : confer French
postérité . See
Posterior .]
1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry ; as, the posterity of Abraham. If [ the crown] should not stand in thy posterity .
Shak. 2. Succeeding generations; future times. Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity .
Shak. Their names shall be transmitted to posterity .
Smalridge.
Postern Pos"tern noun [ Old French
posterne ,
posterle , French
poterne , from Latin
posterula , from
posterus coming after. See
Posterior .]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight.
Spenser. Out at the postern , by the abbey wall.
Shak. 2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan.
Postern Pos"tern adjective Back; being behind; private. "The
postern door."
Dryden.
Postero Pos"te·ro - A combining form meaning posterior , back ; as, postero -inferior, situated back and below; postero -lateral, situated back and at the side.
Postexilian, Postexilic Post`ex·il"i·an, Post`ex·il"ic adjective After the exile; specif.
(Jewish Hist.) ,
belonging to a period subsequent to the Babylonian captivity or exile ( b. c. 597 or about 586-about 537).
Postexist Post`ex·ist" intransitive verb [ Prefix
post- +
exist .]
To exist after; to live subsequently. [ Obsolete or R.]
Postexistence Post`ex·ist"ence noun Subsequent existence.
Postexistent Post`ex·ist"ent adjective Existing or living after. [ R.] "
Postexistent atoms."
Cudworth.
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