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Sequacious


SEQUA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin sequax, from sequor, to follow. See Seek.]

1. Following; attendant.

Trees uprooted left their place,

Sequacious of the lyre. Dryden.

The fond sequacious herd. Thomson.

2. Ductile; pliant.

The forge was easy, and the matter ductile and sequacious. [Little Used.] Ray.