* In this sense the word is sometimes needlessly combined with the following noun, by means of a hyphen, as, after-ages, after- act, after-days, after-life. For the most part the words are properly kept separate when after has this meaning.

Codrus after Ph(?)bus sings the best.
Dryden.

After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Matt. xxvi. 32.

Ye shall not go after other gods.
Deut. vi. 14.

After whom is the king of Israel come out?
1 Sam. xxiv. 14.

To name or call after, to name like and reference to.

Our eldest son was named George after his uncle.
Goldsmith.

He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes.
Isa. xi. 3.

They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh.
Rom. viii. 5.

He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
Bacon.

After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after another, successively. -- To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get; as, he is after money.

It was about the space of three hours after.
Acts. v. 7.

* After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but retaining its usual signification. The prefix may be adverbial, prepositional, or adjectival; as in after- described, after- dinner, after-part. The hyphen is sometimes needlessly used to connect the adjective after with its noun. See Note under After, a., 1.