consecute
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin consequor, consecutus.
Verb
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- (obsolete) To follow closely; to endeavour to overtake; to pursue.
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Related terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “consecute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Participle
(deprecated template usage) cōnsecūte