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Webster 1913 Edition

(sē′kwĕl)

Noun.

[L.

sequela

, fr.

sequit

to follow: cf. F.

séquelle

a following. See

to follow.]

That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation;

as, the

sequel

of a man’s advantures or history

O, let me say no more!
Gather the

sequel

by that went before.

Shakespeare

Consequence; event; effect; result;

as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the

sequel

would be ruin

Conclusion; inference.

[R.]

Whitgift.

Noun.

[L. sequor, to follow.]

1. That which follows; a succeeding part; as the sequel of a man's adventures or history.

2. Consequence; event. Lit the sun or moon cease, fail or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.

3. Consequence inferred; consequentialness. [Little used.]