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Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)

The posterior nares. See Nares.

After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.

Subsequent. "The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate." [Archaic] Jer. Taylor.

Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife. Kent.

The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

Same as Postorbital.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.

Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n.

Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.

Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.

Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.

time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay.

The act of postponing, in sense 2. [Obs.] Johnson.

One who postpones.

To postpone. [Obs.] Fuller.

To postpone. [Obs.] Feltham.

The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. "The postposition of the nominative case to the verb." Mede.

Of or pertaining to postposition.