postpredicament 
tions concerning the conceptions of 'opposite,' 
'before,' 'at once,' 'motion,' and 'to have.' 
post-pridie (post-prid'i-e), . [L., < post, after, 
+ priilit; day before.] In the Mozarabic liturgy, 
a variable prayer said immediately after the 
words of institution, n seems originally to have 
regularly contained the great oblation and epiclesis, as Is 
apparent In a number of extant examples. In the Galil- 
ean i itlirc It Is called the collect (cMfctio) pout Mt/ttrrimn 
or pant Secreta. The present Mozarabic title, literally 
after the Prldie ' (day before^ seems to refer to the Insti- 
tution in Its Roman and Oallican form, beginning "Who 
(or, "For he) on the day before he suffered," rather than 
i In Mozarabic "Our Lord ... in the night in which he 
was betrayed." 
postpubic (post-pu'bik), a. [_< postpubis, after 
IIK/IIC.'] Ot or pertaining to the postpubis. 
postpubis (post-pu'bis), . ; pi. postpubes (-bez). 
[NL., < L.post, behind, + NL. pubis, q. v.] 
The postacetabular part of the pubie bone: 
said especially of the so-called pubis of birds 
and some other Nauropsida, as dinosaurs, it is 
very well developed in birds, in which class the prepubin 
or pubis proper is small, and forms only a part of the pec- 
tineal process, or is quite rudimentary. .See cuts under 
epipleura and nacrarium. 
post-pyramidal (post-pi-ram'i-dal), a. [< L. 
post, after, + pyramis (-mid-), pyramid: nee 
pyramidal.} 1 . Occurring or existing since the 
Egyptian pyramids were built. K. A. Proctor. 
2. In anat., pertaining to the funieulus gra- 
eilis, formerly sometimes called posterior pyra- 
mid Poatpyramidal nucleus, the nucleus funiculi 
gracills. See/untcM/tM. 
post-redemption (post-re-demp'shon), a. [< L. 
pout, after, + redfmptio(n-), redemption.] Sub- 
sequent to redemption: used of reissues of 
United States government notes after their 
return to the Treasury in payment of dues to 
the government, or redemption in coin. The act 
of Congress of May 31st, 1878, forbade the Treasury to can- 
cel unmutllated notes which had been received buck, and 
required them to he reissued and kept in circulation, and 
such reissues were called post-redemption ixtwi. 
post-remote (post-re-mof), a. More remote in 
subsequent time or order. Darwin. (fm)>. Diet.) 
subsequent time or order. Darwin. (Imp. Diet. 
postrhinal (post-ri'nal), a. [< L.poxt, behind 
+ Gr. pit; (f><v-), nose : see r/i jn/.] Posterior am 
rhinal : applied by Wilder to a fissure of the 
brain called by Owen basirhiual. 
post-rider (post'ii'der), . One who rides post; 
a mounted mail-currier. 
post-road (post'rod), M. A road on which are 
stations where relays of post-horses can be 
obtained. 
"Where is Troy, and Mycene?" . . . continued my fa- 
ther, taking up his book of ptat-roatlx, which he had laid 
down. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, v. 3. 
postrolandic (post-ro-lan'dik), . [< L. post, 
after, + E. Rolandic.] Situated behind the 
Rolandie or central fissure of the cerebrum. 
ppstrorse (pos-tr6rs'), . [< NL. "poxtrorsux, 
irreg. < L. post, back, + versus, turned (in imi- 
tation of introrse, retrorse. (introrse).] Turned 
back : directed backward ; retrorse : the oppo- 
site of autrorse. 
postsacral (post-sa'kral), . [< L. post, behind. 
+ NL. sacrum : see sacral.'] Situated behind 
the sacrum ; succeeding the sacral vertebra?, as 
the caudal or coccygeal vertebras ; urosacral. 
postscalene (post-ska'len), a. [< NL. postsca- 
IMIM.] Pertaining to the scalenus posticus, or 
postscalenus. Coucs. 
postscalenus (post-ska-le'nus), 11. ; pi. postsca- 
li'ni (-ni). [NL., < L. post, behind, + NL. seale- 
IIHX, q. v.] The posterior scalene muscle of 
the neck; the seal eniis posticus. Cmics. See 
cut under m uncle. 
postscapular (post-skap'u-lftr), . [< L. post, 
behind, + NL. scapula, the shoulder-blade: 
see scapular.] Situated behind or below the 
spine of the scapula or shoulder-blade ; infra- 
spinous, with reference to the scapula : the op- 
posite of prescapular : as, the postscapular fossa 
(the infraspinous fossa). 
postscapularis (post-skap-u-la'ris), .; pi. 
inixtxcapulares (-re?.). [XL. : see postecapular.] 
A muscle of the postscapular or iufraspinous as- 
pect of the scapula ; the infraspinatus. Coues. 
postscenium (post-se'ni-um), . [L., also pnxt- 
xeirniiim, poxdriiiiint, postcenium, poscenium (> 
It. postxcruio = F. postxcenium), (.pout, after, be- 
hind. + scfna, scKna, stage : see scene.] Inarch., 
the back part of the stage of a theater, behind 
tln j scenes. 
postschwartzian (post-schwart'si-an), ii. [< 
L. poxt, after. + E. SotoarMOft.] In math., a 
form obtained by operating on the Schwartzian 
with the generator for mixed reciprocants. 
postscribe (post-skrib'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. i>t>*t- 
xi-riliiit, ppr. itnxtxrriliiiiii. [< L. 
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write after. < post, after, + seribert, write : nee 
seribf.] To write after; append to. 
And the second U but * consequent of the Ant, wxt. 
uribed with tht word of Inference "Now then," Ac., 
Rim. vii. 25. Ken. T. Adamt, Work*, I. !8fx 
postscript (post'skript), n. [= P. postscript, 
postxcriptum = Pg. postscript = It. poscritto, 
poscritta,<. ML. postxcriptum, a postscript, nent. 
of L. postscripts, pp. of jtostscrwere, wnte after, 
< post, after, + scribere, write.] Au addition 
made to a written or printed composition as 
an afterthought, or to state something that has 
been omitted, (a) A supplement or appendix, aa to a 
book or newspaper. 
In the early days of the reign both these papers had 
manuscript posttcriptg, or supplements, when any fresh 
news arrived that was not In their last edition. 
./. Atkton, Social Life In Reign of Queen Anne, II. 68. 
(6) More commonly, a paragraph added to a letter which 
ha already been concluded and signed by the writer. 
Laer. Know you the hand? 
King. Tis Hamlet's character. " Xaked ! " 
And, in upafttcript here, he says "alone." 
Shale., Hamlet, iv. 7. 54. 
Then came a piatompt dash'd across the rest. 
Trniiytan, Princess, v. 
Abbreviated /'. S. 
postscriptal (post'skrip-tal), a. [< postscript 
+ -/.] Of or relating to"a postscript; of the 
nature of a postscript. 
The pattxriptal speech which he had to deliver slxyears 
after, In 1704, in answer to the pleas of Hastings s counsel. 
Mrt. Otiphant, Sheridan, p. 142. 
postscripted (post'skrip-ted), </. [< postscript + 
-etV.] Having a postscript ; written afterward. 
J. Quincy Adams. (Imp. Diet.) [Rare.] 
postscutel (post-skii'tel), . In enfant., same as 
postscutettvm. 
postscutellar (post-sku'te-lar), . [< postscu- 
trll-HHi + -r : *.] In eiitoni., situated behind the 
scutellum; of or pertaining to the postscutellum. 
pOStSCUtellum (l>6st-sku-tel'uin), .; pi. post- 
scutflla (-a). [NL., < L. post, behind, + NL. 
Hciiteltum, q. v.] In i-ntom., the fourth and last 
of the sclerites into which the pronotum, meso- 
notuin, and metanotum of insects are severally 
typically divisible, situated behind the seutei- 
lum. 
postsphenoidfpost-sfe'noid). . [<l^.post, be- 
hind, + E. sphenoid.] The posterior part of the 
compound sphenoid bone, including the basi- 
sphenoid, alisphenoids, and pterygoids. sepa- 
rable in infancy. 
postsphenoidal (post-sfS-noi'dal), <i. [< poxt- 
Sphenoid + -/.] Pertaining to the postsphe- 
noid : as, the postspkenoidal parts or elements 
of the sphenoid bone. 
post-stamp (post'stamp), H. Same as postage- 
stamp. [Great Britain.] 
postsylvian (post-sil'vi-an), a. [< L. post, be- 
hind, + E. Nyirian.'] Situated behind the Syl- 
vian fissure of the brain. 
post-systolic (post-sis-tol'ik), a. [< L. post, af- 
ter, + NL. systole.] In plii/siol., following the 
systole. 
post-temporal (post-tem'po-ral), a. and M. [< 
L. post, after, T tempux (tempor-), temple: see 
temporal^.] I. a. Situated behind the tempo- 
ral region of the skull. 
II. ". In iflitli., a bone of the scapular arch 
of some fishes by means of which that arch is 
attached to the back part of the skull. It may 
form an Integral part of the skull. Also called raprajwi- 
pitla and tupradaritle. See first cut under tetfott. 
post terminum (post ter'mi-num). [L. : post, 
after; terminum, ace. of terminus, a term, limit : 
see term."] In late, after the term. 
Post-tertiary (post-ter'shi-a-ri), a. and M. The 
most recent division of the geological series, 
including all that is later than that which can 
properly be denominated Tertiary: frequently 
called Quaternary. The line of dlvUion between the 
Tertiary and the Quaternary is, in many regions, one 
which cannot be sharply drawn, and geologists differ es- 
sentially in regard to the nomenclature of the groups more 
or less vaguely designated by the terms Pott-tertiary, 
PleintocfHr, Qiiaterrtary, recent, and rfi/urtVi/, as well aa 
to the meaning and limitation of the term glacial, all 
these being subdivisions in use as designating more or 
less of the deposits later than the Tertiary. In general it 
is stated in the text-hooks that none of the Post-tertiary 
species are extinct ; hut this applies only to the mollusks : 
deposits containing extinct forms of the higher animals, 
and probably also of plant*, are hy many geologists unhes- 
itatingly called Post-tertiary. In the region where geol- 
ogy has neen longest cultivated (northwestern Europe) ice 
has played an important part In Post- tertiary times ; nence, 
a classification of deposits of this age is largely Influenced 
by this circumstance, and a parallelism of the more re- 
cent deposits of glaciated anil non-glaciated regions the 
latter comprising much the larger part of the earth's sur- 
faceIs greatly Increased in ditHriilty. *ee Quaternary 
and Ptrviocmr. 
postulate 
post-tibial (post-tib'i-al), n. [< I,, post, after, 
+ tibia, tibia.] Situate,! upon the Wk of the 
lower leg; sural: a8, a poxt-tibial muscle; the 
post-tibial nerve. 
post-time (post'tim), n. The time for the arri- 
val of a postman, or for the despatch of letter* 
by mail. 
( was detained till after foil-time. 
Maaaulay, In Trevelyan, II. 147. 
post-tonic (post-ton'ik), a. [< L. post, after, 
+ Gr. rovoc, tone: see tonic.} Following the 
accent or accented syllable. 
In French the first of the two pott-tmie rowels of a Latin 
proparoxytone always disappears. Kncyc, Brit. , XIX. MB. 
post-town (post'toun), n. 1. A town on a post- 
route, where relays of post-horses can be ob- 
tained. 2. A town in which a post-office is 
established. 
post-trader (post'tra'der), H. A trader at a 
military post: the official designation of a sut- 
ler. [U. S.] 
post-tympanic (post-tim-pan'ik), o. and . [< 
L.post, after, H- E. tymjmnic.'] I. a. Situated 
behind the tympanic bone, or external auditory 
meatus. Post-tympanic bone, a small ossicle which 
lies over the squanioal and oplsthotlc bones of the bear and 
probably some other carnivores. //. Allen, 18H6. Poit- 
tympanlc process, a formation of the united squamosal 
and opisthotic bones In some carnivores. 
II. M. The post-tynipauic bone. Hiurlry, 
Anat. Vert., p. 308. 
postulant (pos'tu-lant), n. [< F. postulant = 
Pg. It. poxtulanie, 'ail ^ applicant, candidate, prop, 
ailj., < L. postulan(t-)s, ppr. of postulare, de- 
mand : see postulate. .] One who or that which 
postulates, demands, or asks; specifically, a 
candidate for membership in a religious order 
during the period preparatory to his admission 
into the novitiate; in the American Episcopal 
Church, an applicant for admission to candi- 
dateship for the ministry, not yet received as 
candidate. 
As some words, instinctively avoided, are constantly 
falling into desuetude, so others, often answering to calls 
too subtile for analysis, are constantly presenting them- 
selves as pattulanlt for recognition. 
K Hull, Mod. Etig., p. 9H. 
postulata, H. Plural of postulatum. 
postulate (pos'tu-lat), r.; pret. and pp. postu- 
lated, ppr. postulating. [< L. postulattui, pp. of 
poxtiitare (> Olt. postulare = Sp. Pg. Pr. postu- 
lur = F. postuler), ask, demand, require, sum- 
mon, prosecute, impeach, etc., also require or 
need; perhaps, as a freq. form, < poscere (pp. 
"posctus, *postua), ask, demand, perhaps orig. 
"porscere, akin to procarc, ask, demand, procus, 
a wooer, and precari, pray : see procacious and 
pray 1 .] L 'raw*. 1. To invite; solicit; re- 
quire by entreaty. See def. 3. 
A great alliance was projected among many Protestant 
Princes to disturb Cardinal Furstemberg In the possession 
of Cologne, to which he was postulated by the majority of 
the chapter. /,';-. Bvrnrt, Hist. Own Time, an. 1688. 
2. To assume without proof ; lay down as some- 
thing which has to be assumed, although it can- 
not be proved ; take for granted. 
We conclude, therefore, that Being, Intelligent, con- 
scions Being, Is implied and populated In thinking. 
./. /). Mi.nll. 
Symmetry and simplicity, before they were discovered 
by the observer, were postulated by the philosopher. 
Max Muller, 8cL of Lang., 1st ser., p. 49. 
3. In eccles. law, to ask legitimate ecclesiastical 
authority to admit (a nominee) by dispensation, 
when a canonical impediment is supposed to 
exist. Lee, Glossary. 
IJ. intrang. To make postulates or demands ; 
urge a suit. 
The excellent Doctor had not even yet discovered that 
the King's commissioners were delighted with his postu- 
lates ; and that to have kept them pottvlating thus five 
months in succession . . . was one of the most decisive 
triumphs ever achieved by Spanish diplomacy. 
Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. 897. 
postulate (pos'tu-lat), n. [= F. postidat = Sp. 
Pg. postuladu = It. postulate. < L. postulatum. a 
demand, prop. neut. of nostulatus, pp. of ;><'- 
lure. demand : nee postulate, r.] 1. A petition: 
a suit ; solicitation. 
With the honest pride of a protocol-maker, he added, 
"oatpottulatet do trouble the Kings commissioners yery 
miii-li. anil do bring tin m to despair." 
Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. W7. 
2. A proposition proposed for acceptance with- 
out proof; something taken for granted; an 
:i"iimption. Thus, the postulates of Euclid were as 
follows: 0) that a straight line may be drawn between 
any two points: (-> '.limited straight line may 
be produced in.li -Unit, ]> ; (.H) that about any point as a 
renter a circle with nny nulin* m:i> br described ; (4) that 
all right angles are equal : (5) that If I wo straight linen 
