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posthumous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Posthumous  \Post"hu*mous\  (?;  277),  a.  [L.  posthumus,  postumus, 
  properly,  last  hence  late  born  (applied  to  children  born 
  after  the  father's  death,  or  after  he  had  made  his  will), 
  superl.  of  posterus  posterior.  See  {Posterior}.] 
  1.  Born  after  the  death  of  the  father,  or  taken  from  the  dead 
  body  of  the  mother;  as  a  posthumous  son  or  daughter. 
 
  2.  Published  after  the  death  of  the  author;  as  posthumous 
  works  a  posthumous  edition. 
 
  3.  Being  or  continuing  after  one's  death;  as  a  posthumous 
  reputation.  --Addison.  --Sir  T.  Browne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  posthumous 
  adj  :  occurring  after  a  person's  death;  (in  the  case  of  a  child) 
  born  after  the  father's  death;  "a  posthumous  award";  "a 
  posthumous  book";  "a  posthumous  child" 




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