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Latter
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What's The Definition Of Latter?
[n] the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Latter: Related Terms | Find terms related to Latter: See Also | second Latter In Webster's Dictionary \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late.
See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter
rain.
2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
The difference between reason and revelation, and in
what sense the latter is superior. --I. Watts.
3. Recent; modern.
Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,
whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.
4. Last; latest; final. [R.] ``My latter gasp.'' --Shak.
{Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.
{Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.
--Shak.
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