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† ˈpostfact Obs.
[ad. L. postfactum done afterwards.]
That which is done after; a subsequent act. Phr. upon the post-fact, rendering late L. ex post facto (in Digest), after the fact or event, subsequently, afterwards.
1631Heylin St. George 91 Iust as upon the post-fact, the Normans fram'd that doughty tale of St. Romanus and the Dragon. 1641Proc. of some Divines 1 Some have published, that there is a proper Sacrifice in the Lords supper, to exhibit Christs death in the Postfact, as there was a sacrifice to prefigure in the old Law, in the Antefact. 1657Sanderson Serm. Pref. ii. 4 [To] win over his affections to any tolerable liking thereof upon the Post-fact. 1687G. Towerson Baptism 296 Being likely enough to be thereby dispos'd so far to acknowledge that authority and goodness, as to own them upon the postfact by confession. |