Synonyms for sequent


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : see-kwuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi kwənt

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Définition of sequent

Origin :
  • 1550s, "following," from Old French sequent "following, subsequent," from Latin sequentem (nominative sequens) "next, following," present participle of sequi "to follow" (see sequel). As a noun from 1580s.
  • adj consecutive
  • noun effect
Example sentences :
  • Harry's game of cards in the freight-car had been a sequent of the game in the chapel.
  • Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • If the Yankee were quick at work, he fulfilled the other sequent of the adage likewise.
  • Extract from : « Cedar Creek » by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
  • They are therefore implicated in the consequences of any resolution and every sequent act.
  • Extract from : « In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria » by Henry Morton Stanley
  • The theory of evolution is thus primarily the history of an order of sequent facts and relations.
  • Extract from : « On the Ethics of Naturalism » by William Ritchie Sorley
  • Nor sequent centuries could hit / Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
  • Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
  • None the less, when viewed in their dynamical relation, the latter must be regarded as sequent upon the former.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • The principle of causality is already applied when the sequent experiences are apprehended as sequent events.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • Lower, come the opposing curves in the two boats, the whole forming one group of sequent lines up the whole side of the picture.
  • Extract from : « The Harbours of England » by John Ruskin
  • Since White Fell had parted to the right, Christian to the left, the event of a sequent encounter did not occur to him.
  • Extract from : « The Were-Wolf » by Clemence Housman
  • He never wove these memories into a sequent romance, though in later time he thought of so doing.
  • Extract from : « William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) » by Elizabeth A. Sharp
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