{ Post"hume (?), Post"humed (?), } a. Posthumous. [Obs.] I. Watts.
Fuller.
Post"hu*mous (?; 277), a. [L. posthumus, postumus, properly, last;
hence, late born (applied to children born after the father's death, or
after he had made his will), superl. of posterus, posterior. See
Posterior.] 1. Born after the death of the father, or taken from the
dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.
2. Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works; a
posthumous edition.
3. Being or continuing after one's death; as, a posthumous reputation.
Addison. Sir T. Browne.
Post"hu*mous*ly, adv. In a posthumous manner; after one's decease.
Pos"tic (?), a. [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.] Backward. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Pos"ti*cous (?), a. [L. posticus.] (Bot.) (a) Posterior. (b) Situated
on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.
Pos"til (?), n. [F. postille, apostille, LL. postilla, probably from L.
post illa (sc. verba) after those (words). Cf. Apostil.] 1. Originally,
an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because
written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment.
Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible.
Foxe.
2. (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of
Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.
Pos"til, v. t. [Cf. LL. postillare.] To write marginal or explanatory
notes on; to gloss. Bacon.
Pos"til, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled (&?;) or Postilled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Postiling or Postilling.] To write postils, or marginal notes; to
comment; to postillate.
Postiling and allegorizing on Scripture.
J. H. Newman.
Pos"til*er (?), n. [Written also postiller.] One who writers marginal
notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin.
Sir T. Browne.
Pos*til"ion (?), n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See
Post a postman.] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a
coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one
pair only is used. [Written also postillion.]
Pos"til*late (?), v. t. [LL. postillatus, p. p. of postillare.] To
explain by marginal notes; to postil.
Tracts . . . postillated by his own hand.