subsecute

English

Etymology

From Latin subsecutus, past participle of subsequi. See subsequent.

Verb

subsecute (third-person singular simple present subsecutes, present participle subsecuting, simple past and past participle subsecuted)

  1. (obsolete) To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.
    • E. Hall
      […] to follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 subsecute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Participle

subsecūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of subsecūtus
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