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English Dictionary: ulterior	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ulterior adj lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell Synonym(s): subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" Synonym(s): later(a), ulterior, posterior
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ulterior \Ulte"rior\, 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 object} [or] {aim}, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ulterior \Ulte"rior\, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] --Coleridge.