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   Latter , a. [OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and cf. Later.]
   Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
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   Of two things, the one mentioned second.
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   The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior.
   I. Watts.
   
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   Recent; modern.
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   Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?
   Locke.
   
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   Last; latest; final. [R.] “My latter gasp.” 
   Shak.
   
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   Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. -- Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
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