posterity

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:09:00

Pos*ter"i*ty (?), n. [L. posteritas: cf. F. post'erit'e. See Posterior.]

1.

The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.

If [the crown] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak.

2.

Succeeding generations; future times.

Shak.

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Shak.

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Smalridge.

 

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