a. [ L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow. ] 1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant. [ 1913 Webster ] Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable. [ 1913 Webster ] In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought. [ 1913 Webster ] The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |