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Sequent definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SE'QUENT, a. [supra.]
1. Following; succeeding.
2. Consequential. [Little used.]
SE'QUENT, n. A follower. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive]
2: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin sequent-, sequens, present participle Date: 1601 1. consecutive, succeeding 2. consequent, resultant

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 following as a sequence or consequence. 2 consecutive. Derivatives: sequently adv. Etymology: OF sequent or L sequens (as SEQUENCE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sequent Se"quent, a. [L. sequens, -entis, p. pr. of sequi to follow. See Sue to follow.] 1. Following; succeeding; in continuance. What to this was sequent Thou knowest already. --Shak. 2. Following as an effect; consequent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sequent Se"quent, n. 1. A follower. [R.] --Shak. 2. That which follows as a result; a sequence.