the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Follow
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.
(2):
(v. t.) To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.
(3):
(v. t.) To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
(4):
(n.) The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.
(5):
(v. t.) To copy after; to take as an example.
(6):
(v. t.) To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
(7):
(v. t.) To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
(8):
(v. t.) To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.
(9):
(v. t.) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
(10):
(v. i.) To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Follow'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/follow.html. 1828.
