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单词 latter-mentioned
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latter-mentioned
C1. Uses of the adverb preceding adjectives and past participles to form adjectives and nouns, as latter-born, latter-named, latter-mentioned, etc.
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1598 H. Roberts Honours Conquest sig. M4 The latter borne, a stranger hence shall steale, By whom great good shall chance thy common weale.
1646 S. Rutherford Let. 30 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 541 The latter born heirs have so much greater guiltiness.
1655 J. Lightfoot Harmony New-Test. ii. 119 Concerning both this and the latter named, they passed Festus his censure upon him.
1761 Earl of Pembroke Method Breaking Horses viii. 87 There should..be one forge-cart..appropriated to each squadron, and a third for the latter-mentioned purposes.
1763 R. Clarke Voice of Glad-tidings 227 The First-born and First-fruits imply the Necessity of the Latter-born and Latter-fruits.
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland 57 From Mullingar to Tullespace I found rents in general at 20s an acre... About the latter named place, the farms are generally from 100 to 300 acres.
1857 Notes & Queries 4 July 12/2 A gentleman..named all his latter born children ‘Jane’.., male or female.
1861 Phytologist 5 366 The bracts of the latter-mentioned are more acuminate than they are in the former.
1914 E. G. Bell Introd. Prose Romances Plays & Comedies of Bulwer 358 The habit and custom of a life made the latter-born the best beloved.
2002 L. Abbott & D. Seroff Out of Sight i. 58 The latter-named artists lived up to expectations.
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