单词 | subsequency |
释义 | subsequencyn. Now rare. The fact or condition of being subsequent or of following. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > fact or condition of subsequency1623 1623 T. Jackson Raging Tempest Stilled 37 There must be precedencie, and subsequencie, a going before, and following after, in all creatures. 1649 F. Philipps King Charles I 47 Conditions..are but inserted or added..& depend on subsequencies or following effects. 1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια 336 The Heliotrope's subsequency to the Course of the Sun. 1794 D. Jones Welsh Freeholder's Farewell Epist. Pref. p. xii The subsequency of this event to his Thirtieth of January Sermon, certainly does not brighten the prospects of the friends of liberty. 1882 J. J. Lalor tr. W. Roscher Princ. Polit. Econ. I. Introd., iii. 115 (note) Great care must be taken not to infer superior excellence from mere subsequency. 1993 E. Jarvis Trad. & Reminisc. Concord, Mass. xii. 227 This act of firing by the Lexington soldier was so well known..that it was not needful to mention but only refer to it as an established fact in reference to its subsequency to the British fire that provoked it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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