PREPOSITIONS. A-; after; against
After ("following," Latin "secundum," hence "according to").“Say, you chose him,
More after our commandment than as guided
By your own true affections.
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Compare "Neither reward us after our iniquities," in our Prayer-book. After is now used only of space or time, except in "after the pattern, example, &c.," where the sense requires the metaphorical meaning.“After my seeming.
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