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Definition of Ultereor

Ul*te"ri*or (?), a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.] 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; - - correlative with hither.

2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.

Ulterior object or aim, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

Ul*te"ri*or, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.

Ul*te"ri*or (?), a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.] 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; - - correlative with hither.

2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.

Ulterior object or aim, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.

Ul*te"ri*or, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • beyond what is obvious of evident
  • being intentionally concealed so as to deceive
  • happening later; subsequent

    Spanish
  • ulterior
  • later; subsequent
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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