posterior 
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I lore to enter pleasure by * pattern, 
Not the broad popular gate that jiulpi. the mob. 
Lomtl, I n.lt-r tin- \\i I !.>. 
2. In fort., a covered passage closed by a gate, 
usually in the angle of the flank of a bastion, 
or in that of the curtain, or near the orillion, 
descending into the ditch. 
A postern. 
root fibers of the spinal accessory. Posterior commu- 
nicating artery of the brain, a branch connecting the 
internal carotid with the posterior cerebral artery, and 
forming part of the circle of W tills ; the postcommunlcant 
artery. -Posterior ethmoldal canal. See eOtmoidal. 
Posterior extremity, the leg of man, or the hind leg of 
any animal. Posterior line, or posterior basal line, a 
more or less angulated and curved line crossing the an* 
terlor wing about midway between the base and the center, 
f.mnd in many moths. -Posterior margin, in conch., postern-door (pos tern-dor), n. 
that side of the bosses of acephalous bivalves which con- 
tains the ligament. Posterior margin of the wing, In 
entom., generally the edge of the wing opposed to the costa 
or front border ; but in those Lepidoptera and llymenop- 
tera which have the borders of the wings naturally divided 
Into three parts posterior maryin Is often understood to 
mean the outer one, or that between the apex and the Inner 
aiifjU', the latter being also called the posterior ani/te. 
Posterior mediastinum, nares, etc. See mediastinum, 
naris, etc. Posterior palpi, in entom., those palpi thai 
are on the lablum ; the labial palpi. Posterior sulcus 
of Reil, a deep groove between the Island of Reil and the 
upper surface of the temporosphenoldal lobe. 
II. . 1. The hinder part; in the plural, the 
hinder parts of the body of man or any animal. 
When [matters] . . . are resolved upon, I believe then 
nothing Is so advantageous as Speed, . . . for Expedition 
The conscious priest, who was suborn'd before, 
Stood ready posted at the pattern door. 
Dryden, Slg. and Gala., 1. 152. 
postern-gate (pos'tern-gat), n. [< ME. pos- 
terne gate; < postern 4- gate 1 .] A postern. 
Weren passed priuell the paleys bl a potterne fate. 
postgraduate 
postfennentt (pont-f<'-r'inent), . [< L. )xt, 
In-hind, + ferre, bear, 4- -ment (in imitation of 
preferment).] Removal to an inferior office: 
the opposite of preferment. [Rare.] 
That his translation was a Pott-ferment, seeing the Arch 
lilshoprlck of Saint Andrews was subjected In that age 
unto York, fuller. Worthies, Durham, I. 328. (Dana.) 
postfine (post'fin), . In Eng. ta, a fine due to 
the king by prerogative. Also called the king'* 
silver (which see, under tilver). See alienation- 
Is 
or word) to the 
. 
William of Paterne (E. E. T. 8.), L 2870. postfix (post'fiks), . 
a F< L a 
(post-ftks'), r. f. K post- + fir, r.] 
add or annex (a letter, syllable, 
end of a word. 
[< postfix, r.] In gram., 
syllable, or word added to the end of 
^~. * * . . - . \ 
Situated in a postenor part of the parietal 
lobe of the brain.-posteroparietal lobule. Same 
NMVTlMWf lH.-Ii . 0*7* ' 1 rs ^ 1 11 
..] Posterior and lateral; placed at the pos- postnxal (post'fik-sal), a. [< postfix 4 -al.] 
tenor end of a lateral margin or surface: as. Having the character of a postfix, or charao- 
posterolateral anglesporterolateral groove, the terized by postfixes; gufflxal. 
groove along the spinal cord where the posterior roots The pottfxal languages of Central Asia. 
nouimg so au.anuMseoua apecu ,ur c.ueu,t.ou ^sue. Als.. called </<n lateralis dormli,. Jour. AnOarop. Intl., XVII. 170. 
is the Life of Action, otherwise Time may shew his bald posteroparietal (pos te-ro-pa-n e-tal), a. K D o8t-free(l>6st'fre), a. Deliverable by the post- 
occiput, and shake his Posteriori tut them in Derision. L. posterns, hinder, + NL. pariftalix, panetal.] .T.itiLnt nh&m 
n..,,..;; i. II..,, it IT r,.^ _j _' - 1 : _. - ill- :__! om< arge. 
lostfrenum (post-fre'num), n. [NL., < LI. pout, 
behind, + frenum, a bridle, curb, bit: see/re- 
HMWI.] In entom., a part of the upper surface 
of the metathorax in a beetle, lying next to the 
abdomen, and often connected at the sides with 
the bases of the lower or membranous wings, 
preventing them from being pushed too far for- 
ward. Kirby. 
NL'! rViii}>irflfM.'ti>mp<H postfrontal (post-fron'tal), a. and n. [<L.of. 
mporal: noting a bone behind, + fron (t-)s, , forehead: see/ro/a/.] I. 
scapular arch of most fishes, beliind the . 1. Situated behind the forehead: as, Apost- 
post-temporal, between this and the proscapu- frontal bone. 2. Posterior with respect to 
fa. dill. Also called xeapula and siiprarlarirlr. 
ttowell. Letters, li. 17. 
2t. pi. The latter part. [A whimsical use.] 
Sir, It Is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to 
congratulate the princess at her pavilion In the posteriors 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 1. U4. 
posterioristic (pos-te y ri-o-ris'tik), a. [< poste- 
rior + -istie.] Pertaining to the two books of 
the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle, 
some discrepancies between the doctrine of the Prior and 
that of the 1'osterior Analytics, and these are distinguished 
as the prioristic and the posteriarittic doctrines. Poste- 
riorlstic universal, proposition de omul according to 
the definition given In Anal. 1'ost. I. cap. 4, where the term 
Is limited to true propositions : opposed to prioristic unf 
a. [< 
1 i. poftenw, hinder, + superior, superior.] Pos- 
tenor and superior; placed backwardly on top 
of something Posterosupenor lobe of the cere- 
bellum. See lobe. 
There ar. posterotemporal (poK'te-ro-tem'po-ral). a. [< 
L. postern*, hinder. + NX,, temporal!*, tenr 
ral.] Posterior and temporal: noting a bone 
of the i 
venal, a proposition de omni according to the definition posterotenninal (pos'te-ro-ter'mi-nal), a. [< 
given in Anal. Prior. L.cap. 1, according to which a false j jt posterns, hinder, 4- NL'. tcrmitmtis, terminal.] 
: _ Situated at the hind end; ending something 
proposition may be said de omni. 
posteriority (pos-te-ri-or'i-ti), . [= F. 
certain gyres of the frontal lobe of the cere- 
brum Postfrontal process, In many quadrupeds and 
birds, a process of bone upon the upper and posterior 
i,:f 1 1 of the brim of the orbital cavity . a postorbltal pro- 
See further under port- 
The state of being later or sub- 
sequent: opposed to priority. 
A priority and posteriority of dignity as well as order. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 508. 
posteriorly (pos-te'ri-or-li), adr. In a posterior 
manner; subsequently; behind; specifically, 
in zoiil., toward or near the posterior or caudal 
end of an animal; caudad; in liunian an<tt., to- 
ward the back; dorsad: as, a line directed pos- 
teriorly; organs situated posteriorly. 
posterity (pos-ter'i-ti), n. [Formerly also pos- 
tcritie; < Y.poxteriie = Sp. postcridad = Pg. j 
teridade = ft. posirrttu, < L. iiosterit<i(t-)s, pos- 
terity, < posterns, coming after, in pi. as noun, 
posteri, coming generations, posterity: see pos- _ _ 
terior.] 1. Descendants collectively; the race post-exilic (post-eg-zil'ik), n 
that proceeds from a progenitor. exilian. 
Yet It was said 
It [the crown) should not stand in thy posterity. 
Shak., Macbeth, lit 1. 4. 
From whom a Race of Monarchs shall descend, 
And whose Posterity shall know no End. 
Conyreve, Hymn to Venus. 
2. Succeeding generations collectively. 
Methlnks the truth should live from age to age, 
As 'twere retall'd to all posterity^ R[ch nj m. j 77 'quent or future existence. 
As he [Slmonldes] has exposed the vicious part of women 
from the doctrine of pre-eiistence. some of the ancient 
philosophers have . . . satirized the vicious part of the 
human species in general from a notion of the soul i 
existence. 
What has jmstrriti/ done for us, . ,. .^ 
That we, lest they their right* should lose, post-existent (post-eg-zis tent) 
Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? or living after or subsequently. 
J. Trumtndl, McFingal, II. 124. (BarOett.} 
3. Posteriority. [Rare.] 
There is no difference of time with him [God) ; It Is dan 
gerous to dispute of priority or posterity in nature. 
behind. 
II. w. A bone of the skull of sundry verte- 
brates, situated at the back part of the brim of 
the orbit of the eye. It is not recognized as a 
distinct bone in animals above birds. See cut 
^ under Iclithyosaiiriti. 
faj'e-al), <i.~ [< 'impost. IxTiiinL + NL". irxupliii- postforca (post-fer'kft), w. ; pi. postfurete (-Be). 
ow, the gullet: see exiiplxiijenl.] 1. Situated [NL.,< L. post, behind, 4 furca, a fork: see 
behind (dorsad of) the gullet. 2. Situated bo- furca.] In entom., the posterior forked or dou- 
hind (caudad of) the esophageal ring or gan- ble apodeme which projects from the stenial 
gliou of the nervous system of an invertebrate, wall into the cavity of a thoracic somite. 
postfurcal (post-fer'kal), a. [< postfurca -I 
-al.] In entom., of or pertaining to or constitut- 
ing a postfurca: as, a postfurcal apodeme. 
postgeniculatum (post-je-nik-u-la'tum), . ; 
pi. poxtgeniculata (-t&). fNL. (Wilder), < L. 
post, after, 4 NL. genicvlatum.] The internal 
geniculate body of the brain, an elevation at 
the side of the diencephalon. between the optic 
tract and the cimbia. .Wilder and Gage. 
postgenital (post-jen'i-tal), a. [< li.post, be- 
hind, + genitalis, genital: see genital.] In en- 
tom., situated behind the genital orifice Post- 
genltal segment., segment* O f the abdomen following 
tnc eighth : In the perfect Insect they are concealed under 
the other rings. 
post-geniture (post-jen'i-tur), w. [< li.post, af- 
ter, 4 genitura, begetting: see geniture.] The 
post-existence (post-eg-zis tens), w. gtate or position of a child born after another in 
see mi- 
tral.] Posterior and ventral; placed back- 
wardly on the ventral aspect of something, 
postesbphageal, postasophageal (post-e-so- 
See cuts under Iceelfi and stomatogaitric. 
post-exilian (post-eg-zil'i-an), a. f< L. post, 
after, + ejciliiim, exile: see erile 1 .] Subse- 
quent to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews; 
belonging to or characteristic of times subse- 
quent to the exile of the Jews (about 586 to 
537 B. C.). 
Same as poxt- 
post-exist (post-eg-zisf), r. i. [< L. poxt, af- 
ter, + eristere, exist: see erist.] To exist af- 
terward; live subsequently. [Rare.] 
Anaxagoras could not but acknowledge that all souls 
and lives did pre- and pott-ejott by themselves,_as well^as 
those corporeal ton 
My lords, how much your country owes you both, 
The due reward of your desertful glories, 
Must to posterity remain. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Candy, I. 2. 
the same family: used specifically of the sec- 
ond born of twins. 
Naturally a king, though fatally prevented by the harm- 
lest chance of pott-ffenitwe. SlrT. Krmrne. 
^ddfeon, Spectator, Ka'zil. post-glacial (post-gla'shial), a. [< L. post, af- 
Existent ter, 4 E. glacial.] In geol. See Post-tertiary. 
postglenoid (post-gle'noid), a. and . [< L. 
post, behind, 4 Gr. ylj/votiMK, like a ball-and- 
.i'.-.-w " 
ties of bodies Ingenerably and Incorruptlbly, It was nothing 
but an adulteration of the genuine atom leal philosophy. 
CuduorCA, Intellectual .System, p. 36. 
Baxter, Saints' Rest, L & 
=Sjm. 1. Issue, Progeny, etc. Seeo/spring. postfact (post-fakf), a. and n. [L. post factu*, 
postern (pos'tern), M. K ME. posteme, postyrn 
poistunu. poxtrene, 
. . , 
< OF. posterne, posterle, F. 
UWfUtl lit , IHtOlll C^IC, N V^A . I7T^W ' IV| Jfvv ,111,1 f . I" , i. ' * J J * ^ * 
pot<-rne = Pr. posterlla. = Sp. Pg.poterna = It. a . Relating to a fact that occurs after another 
the lowerjaw. Compare preglenoid. 
II. The postglenoid process of the squa- 
mosal bone. 
'dono'*after'(MLrpoI>r/<7Ch/ii, after the" deed i postglenoidal (post-gle-noi'dal), a. [< post- 
after): post, after; foetus, done: see fact.] I. glenoiil + -/.] Same as postglenoid. 
ll. . A fact that occurs after another. 
postierla, < LL. posterula (also, after OF., pos- 
terna), a small back door, a back way, dim. (sc. postfactor (post-fak'tor), n 
janua, door, or ria, way),< L. postcrus, hinder: + factor, doer: see factor.] 
see posterior,] 1. A back door or gate ; a pri- 
vate entrance; hence, any small door or gate. 
Src cuts under cuxtlc and barbican. 
Thanne Anasor remembered that ther was 
A postrene yssuyng owt of the Cltee, 
And thederward they drewe to haue entree. 
E. E. T. S.), 1.2559. 
Go on, good Eglamour, 
Out at the postern by the abbey-wall. 
SAo*., T. G. of V., T. 1. 9. 
of two combined by non-commutative multi 
plication. 
postfebrile (post-fe'bril), . [< L. i*t, after, 
+ fenris, fever: see febrile.] Occurring after 
a fever: as, postfebrile insanity. 
postfemoral (post-fem'o-ral), a. [< L. post, 
behind. + femur, thigh : Me>NraI.J Situated 
on the back of the thigh: specifically noting a 
group of muscles. 
The sqnamosal [of the rhinoceros] sends down sn Im- 
mente post-glenoidal process, lluitey, Anat. Vert., p. 306. 
[< L. post , after, postgraduate (post-grad'u-at), a. and w. [< L. 
The latter facj".'' Jt(tt t. after, 4 ML. graduates, pp. of gradnarr. 
post, ... 
confer a degree upon: see graduate.] I. a. 
Belonging or relating to or prosecuting a course 
of study pursued after graduation: as, pott- 
graduate lectures; a postgraduate course of 
study; a postgraduate student. [U.S.] 
The " graduate " (sometimes even called pntyradvate) 
work of our candidates for the Ph. 1 1. degree Is carried on 
eithi-r in Knrope nr In the fnttcd States. 
Ctamcal Rev., IV. 53. 
