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post-obit
post-obit, a. and n. (pəʊstˈɒbɪt, -ˈəʊbɪt) [Shortened from L. post obitum after decease.] A. adj. 1. Taking effect after some one's death: esp. in post-obit bond (see B. 1).1788 H. Blackstone Reports I. 95 This was a post obit bond, a security of a questionable nature, which had often been disputed ... Oxford English Dictionary
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post-obituary
post-obituary, a. (-əʊˈbɪtjuːərɪ) [f. post- B. 1 b + obituary.] = post-obit a., post-mortem a.1816–30 Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extract Const. Code (1830) 15 Pensions, payable to any..relative of the functionary, on his decease. These may be styled post-obituary, or post-obit pensions. 1822–34 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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avidly
avidly, adv. (ˈævɪdlɪ) [f. avid + -ly2.] Greedily, with intense eagerness.1856 T. Trollope Girlh. Cath. de Medici 71 The talk going on around her, which Catherine's sharp and active intellect was then avidly seizing. 1860 Sat. Rev. No. 255. 326/2 Premonitory symptoms of dissolution are avidly discou... Oxford English Dictionary
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Meaning of "Israelites" in Byron's Don Juan: "That all the Israelites are fit to mob its next owner for their double-damn'd post-obits" From Byron's _Don Juan/Canto_the_First)_ : > Sweet is a legacy, and passing swee...
Heirs of rich people would borrow money to support their life styles, money to be paid back (under the terms of a post-obit bond) when they inherited the
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post-
post-, prefix (pəʊst) repr. L. post, adv. and prep., after, behind. In L., prefixed adverbially to verbs, as posthabēre to hold or esteem after, postpōnĕre to place after, postpone, postscrībĕre to write after; also to pples., vbl. ns., and other verbal derivatives, as postgenitus after-born, postpo... Oxford English Dictionary
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