Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In forestry, young trees which spring up as the result of reproduction-cuttings.
- noun A second growth or crop springing up after a previous one has been removed; hence, any development naturally arising after any change, social or moral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A second
growth , seen in plants likecrops ortimber afterharvesting . - noun figuratively Any abstraction of the above.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest.”
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“You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest.”
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‘Your harvest’s aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » Read Your Bible, A Continuing Series 2006
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Guizot, the historian, speak for the political and social realm: 'All things, at their origin, are nearly confounded in one and the same physiognomy; it is only in their aftergrowth that their variety shows itself.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"I fed them myself," answered uncle Nathan, patting a white star on the forehead of the nearest animal, as he lay upon his knees half buried in the rich aftergrowth.
The Old Homestead Ann S. Stephens
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Some members of the school evidently though that it might be, but the orthodox opinion was that pleasure was a sort of aftergrowth and that the direct pursuit of it was deleterious to the organism.
Guide to Stoicism St. George William Joseph Stock
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But if we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.
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But if we suppose that the Greek myth started with a single personification, the aftergrowth of a second personification may perhaps be explained as follows.
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Swiftly he descended the ridge and, gliding silently into the aftergrowth of spindling saplings that reared their sickly heads among the stumps, gained the rear of the shack.
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Lord Avebury and Spencer hold that Totemism began as a social system only, and that the superstitious regard for the totem is an aftergrowth.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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