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aftersign

noun

Etymology

From after- + sign.

  1. derived from signum
  2. derived from signare
  3. derived from en
  4. inherited from seġnian — “to mark; sign”
  5. inherited from signen
  6. prefixed as aftersign — “after + sign”

Definitions

  1. An indication of a prior event or condition

    An indication of a prior event or condition; a lingering sign or mark; that which remains

    • The rationale of this is very simple. Rheumatic inflammation is an injury to nutrition which is entirely compensated for the restored function. It passes away and leaves no aftersign, no wound, no scar.
    • So I parted from you as I did, and made no aftersign, thinking it was better that I should suffer — suffer even to be misjudged and forgotten by you — than that you should be asked to love to your own injury.
    • His aftersign is the bridge of beauty glimpsed through shifting cloud.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA