ULTERIOR

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.

2.
a.

Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. Ulterior object or aim, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

3.
n.

Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.

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