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afterward, adv., prep., and n.|ˈɑːftəwəd, æ-|
[OE. æftanweard, æfteweard, adj., æftewearde adv., f. æftan, aft, + -ward; corrupted already in OE. to æfterweard, -wearde, through influence of æfter, after. The original is represented by aftward.]
A. adv.
†1. Of place: Behind; after. Obs.
c1000ælfric Exod. xxxiii. 23 Þu ᵹesihst me æftewearde. c1200Ormul. 14793 Faraon wiþþ all hiss ferd Comm affterrwarrd wiþþ wraþþe. c1350Will. & Werwolf in Dom. Archit. II. 99 Bi fore went William, and after ward the quene. c1400Destr. Troy xx. 8198 Then Deffibus drogh furth, & to þe dede went,..Eneas afturward with angardly mony.
†2. Naut. Backward, aftward. Obs. rare.
a1618Raleigh Lett. in Rem. (1661) 252 To make her [a ship] swift, is to give her a large Run, or way forward, and so afterward.
3. Of time: In time following, subsequently.
1297R. Glouc. 6 Afturward in þis bok me schal here al þis. c1380Sir Ferumb. 163 Of me neuere after-wart? loue ne get he none. 1384Chaucer L.G.W. 1655 That aftyrward hat brought hire to myschef. 1440Promp. Parv. Aftyrward, Postea postmodum. 1579W. Fulke Heskins's Parl. 315 Afterwarde the mother receiued her daughter. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. viii. §5 (1873) Afterward they come to distinguish according to truth. 1628Coke On Littleton i. ii. §21 (1633) 24 b, This shall be explaned afterward. 1802M. Edgeworth Mor. T. (1816) I. 207 He might afterward..repeat some lines. 1866Neale Sequences 200 Rufus, the afterward Martyr.
†4. Of order: Next, then, thereafter. Obs.
1340Ayenb. 24 [He] þengþ in his herte, uerst to þe dignete, efterward to his prosperite, efter þan to his richesses, efterward to his lustes. 1581Campion in Confer. iv (1584) E e b, So being iust, he was made more iust: and so first iust, and afterward justified.
†B. prep. Obs. rare.
†1. Of place: After, following.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 45 Ic heom wulle milcien þe weren efterward mine milce. c1200Ormin 12727 Ta twa Leorninngcnihhtess..ȝedenn forþ Affterrwarrd ure Laferrd.
†2. Of time: After.
a1000Riddle (Grein) xvi. 14 ᵹif he me æfterweard ealles weorþeþ.
†3. Of manner: After, in quest of.
c1230Hali Meid. 37 To wearnen meidnes þat ha beon þe lasse afterward swuch þing.
†C. conjunctively. After (that). Obs.
1482Monk of Evesham (1869) 24 Aftyrward that he was fully comme to hym selfe ageyne. 1607Topsell Four-footed Beasts (1673) 400 Afterward they had sacrificed, they were delivered from the mice.
D. n. A later or subsequent time; the after-life. rare.
1906K. Trask Night & Morning 27 Yea, all the Afterward—beyond the grave—Could have no terrors. |