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postnate

postnate adjective: subsequent.

Adjective

postnate (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) subsequent
    • The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.1647, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse Concerning Prayer Ex Tempore
    • […] in the concertation for the for the munities of postnate generations, he sustained a despoliation of his possessions.1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 32

Origin of postnate

From Latin postnatus (“second or subsequently born”), from post (“after”) + natus (“born”).

Questions about postnate

What does postnate mean?
Postnate means subsequent.
What part of speech is postnate?
Postnate is an adjective.

Words near postnate in the dictionary

  1. postnasals
  2. postnatal
  3. postnatal depression
  4. postnatal depressions
  5. postnatally
  6. postnate
  7. postnati
  8. postnational
  9. postnationalism
  10. postnationalist
  11. postnatural

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