Word Meanings - AFTERWISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.

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• KNOWINGLY
  1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• AFTER
  To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
• EVENT
  1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix.
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• KNOWINGNESS
  The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
• KNOW-NOTHING
  A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. Note: The
• EVENTILATION
  The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
• KNOWING
  1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South. 2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.
• AFTERSHAFT
  The hypoptilum.
• AFTERPIECE
  The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
• EVENTFUL
  Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
• EVENTIDE
  The time of evening; evening. Spenser.
• AFTER DAMP
  An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
• AFTER-NOTE
  One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
• KNOWABLENESS
  The state or quality of being knowable. Locke.
• EVENTRATION
  A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. The act af disemboweling.
• KNOWER
  One who knows. Shak.
• EVENTLESS
  Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
• AFTERWISE
  Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• FOREKNOWER
  One who foreknows.
• ACKNOWLEDGE
  1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
• BEKNOW
  To confess; to acknowledge. Chaucer.
• UNKNOW
  1. To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of. 2. To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• CRAFTER
  a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.