The Only Use of
posterity
in
Macbeth
- Yet it was said
It should not stand in thy posterity,
But that myself should be the root and father
Of many kings.p. 81.3posterity = descendantseditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as: "Yet it was foretold that the throne wouldn't remain with your descendants, but that I would be the ancestor and origin of a line of kings."
Definitions:
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(1)
(posterity) all future generations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, posterity can refer to the future generations descended from an individual.