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afterseen

afterseen

English

Adjective

afterseen (comparative more afterseen, superlative most afterseen)

  1. Seen after the fact; plainly evident; obvious.
    • 1971, Harold Fisch, Hamlet and the Word: the covenant pattern in Shakespeare:
      But this is not a foreseen design; it is an afterseen design.
    • 2001, United States, West Publishing Company, Edward Thompson Company, United States code annotated:
      All inventions, once achieved, are obvious after one understands the field, and such "afterseen" obviousness does not blight patentability if inventor really has something new.

Verb

afterseen

  1. past participle of aftersee.