Postfactum
(||Post`fac"tum) n. [LL.] (Rom. & Eng. Law) Same as Postfact.
Post-fine
(Post"-fine`) n. [Pref. 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.
Postfix
(Post"fix) n.; pl. Postfixes [Pref. post- + -fix, as in prefix: cf. F. postfixe.] (Gram.) A letter,
syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst.
Postfix
(Post*fix") v. t. To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to
the end of another or principal word; to suffix. Parkhurst.
Postfrontal
(Post*fron"tal) a. [Pref. post- + frontal.] (Anat.) Situated behind the frontal bone or the
frontal region of the skull; — applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals.
— n. A postfrontal bone.
Postfurca
(||Post*fur"ca) n.; pl. Postfurcæ [NL., fr. post behind + furca a fork.] (Zoöl.) One of the
internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.
Postgeniture
(Post*gen"i*ture) n. [Pref. post- + L. genitura birth, geniture.] The condition of being
born after another in the same family; — distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Postglenoid
(Post*gle"noid) a. [Pref. post- + glenoid.] (Anat.) Situated behind the glenoid fossa of
the temporal bone.
Posthaste
(Post`haste") n. Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier. Shak.
Posthaste
(Post`haste), adv. With speed or expedition; as, he traveled posthaste; to send posthaste.
Shak.
Posthetomy
(Pos*thet"o*my) n. [Gr. po`sqh prepuce + te`mnein to cut.] (Med.) Circumcision. Dunglison.
Posthouse
(Post"house`) n.
1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained.
2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
Posthume
(Post"hume Post"humed) a. Posthumous. [Obs.] I. Watts. Fuller.
Posthumous
(Post"hu*mous) a. [L. posthumus, postumus, properly, last; hence, late born (applied to
children born after the father's death, or after he had made his will), superl. of posterus, posterior.
See Posterior.]
1. Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son
or daughter.
2. Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a posthumous edition.
3. Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation. Addison. Sir T. Browne.
Posthumously
(Post"hu*mous*ly), adv. In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.
Postic
(Pos"tic) a. [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.] Backward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Posticous
(Pos"ti*cous) a. [L. posticus.] (Bot.) (a) Posterior. (b) Situated on the outer side of a
filament; — said of an extrorse anther.
