postnate

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adjective

subsequent

OriginLatin postnatus →
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Meanings

adjectivepostnate (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablesubsequent

    The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate.

    1647, Jeremy Taylor, A Discourse Concerning Prayer Ex Tempore
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    […] 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

  1. Latinpostnatus“second or subsequently born”
  2. Englishpostnate

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

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APA

postnate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnate

MLA

“postnate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postnate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnate.

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