"afterdays" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} afterdays pl (plural only)
  1. (archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future. Tags: archaic, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-afterdays-en-noun-S-l600BM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "c. 1615, George Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses, London: Nathaniel Butter, Book 3, p. 37:",
          "text": "And him the Greeks will giue, a master praise; / Verse finding him, to last all after daies.",
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          "text": "a. 1710, William Congreve, “To Sir Godfrey Kneller” in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, London: Jacob Tonson, 1710, Volume 3, p. 1001,\nBut after-Days, my Friend, must do thee right, / And set thy Virtues in unenvy’d Light."
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          "text": "[…] many a rising beauty would be slighted by him in after days as bearing no comparison with Mrs. Brandon.",
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          "ref": "1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 28, in The White Company, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, page 355:",
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          "ref": "1904, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, London: Macmillan, Volume 1, Act I, Scene 3, p. 41:",
          "text": "[…] this thwart Parliament whose moods we watch— / So insular, empiric, un-ideal— / May figure forth in sharp and salient lines / To retrospective eyes of afterdays,",
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