Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for After
after, prep. [OE æfter; comparative degree of aft, rear, behind.] (webplay: asking, before, come, eye, Gods, judge, life, live, men, period, place, sentence, ship, sight, time).
- In pursuit of; in search of; following visually; in the direction of.
- In spite of.
- Following; later in time than; next in time from.
- Subsequent to; next in place from; in logical or temporal sequence from.
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