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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Latter

Lat′ter (lăt′tẽr), a. [OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and cf. Later.] 1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; — opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.

2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.

The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts.

3. Recent; modern.

Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? Locke.

4. Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak.

Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. — Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.