'Sequacious' definitions:

Definition of 'Sequacious'

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  • Sequacious \Se*qua"cious\, a. [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow. ]
  • 1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant. [1913 Webster]
  • Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable. [1913 Webster]
  • In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought. [1913 Webster]
  • The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
  • Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

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