Category:Ulterior

Ul*te"ri*or, a. Etym: [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.

Ulterior Ul*te"ri*or, n.

Defn: ulterior side or part. [r.] Coleridge.