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

 

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Ul*te"ri*or, n.

Ulterior side or part.

[R.]

Coleridge.

 

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