[syn: hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder]
2. in a future life or state;
- Example: "hope to win salvation hereafter"
3. following this in time or order or place; after this;
- Example: "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hereafter \Here*aft"er\, adv. [AS. h[=e]r[ae]fter.]
In time to come; in some future time or state.
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Hereafter he from war shall come. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hereafter \Here*aft"er\, n.
A future existence or state.
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'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.
--Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hereafter
adv 1: in a subsequent part of this document or statement or
matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the
premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the
terms specified hereunder" [syn: hereinafter,
hereafter, hereunder]
2: in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter"
3: following this in time or order or place; after this;
"hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"
n 1: life after death [syn: afterlife, hereafter]
2: the time yet to come [syn: future, hereafter, futurity,
time to come] [ant: past, past times, yesteryear]