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Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Marshall.

small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

At a later or succeeding time.

; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a t…

s arrival at a given place. -- Moon's age, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.

Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. -- n.

Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

Tending to aggravate. Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n. No aggressive movement was made. Macaulay.

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power." Hallam

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. -- Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.

To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.

Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests.

Tending to agitate.

To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.

In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]

agement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.