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subsequence1|ˈsʌbsɪkwəns|
[f. subsequent: see -ence.]
1. That which is subsequent; a subsequent event; the sequel.
a1500Chester Pl. i. 187 Yow shall well wyt the Subsequence, this Daunce will turne to teene and traye. 1592West 1st Pt. Symbol. §52 Let us enter into consideration of the subsequence or sequele thereof. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie God iii. xxx. 150 Without any more stirre or other subsequence of war. Ibid. v. ix. 209 What auailes the subsequence? 1637Heywood Descr. Soveraign of Seas 34 As they comply in the premisses,..they differ not all in the subsequence. 1827G. S. Faber Sacr. Cal. Prophecy (1844) III. 331 The predicted millennium with its concomitants and subsequences.
2. The condition or fact of being subsequent.
1668Wilkins Real Char. i. iv. §1. 14 With such an order of precedence and subsequence as their natures will bear. 1701Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. iii. 43 By which Faculty [sc. reminiscence], we are also able, to take notice of the Order of Precedence and Subsequence, in which they are past. 1846Trench Mirac. No. 5 (1862) 159 The Scripture teaches the absolute subordination of evil to good, and its subsequence of order. 1854Thackeray Newcomes xxviii, An affair which appeared in due subsequence in the newspapers. 1884Browning Ferishtah, Bean-Stripe 70 Joy, sorrow,—by precedence, subsequence—Either on each, make fusion. |