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One who posts bills; a billposter.

later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome.

The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.

Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.

The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.

ended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.

ly, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak.

- (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. [Colloq.]

See Hypoplastron.

which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.] The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward.

h infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

ingly. [Obs.] This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer.

ssed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.