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noun

Sequel n.

That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history. "O, let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before."

Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.

Conclusion; inference. (R.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sequel" Quotes from Famous Books

... shooting, but it was difficult to ascertain whether with hostile intentions. From this time to our return we regularly mounted sentry during the night, and no one was allowed to quit the party any distance alone—a precautionary measure the necessity of which was fully borne out by the sequel. ...

— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory

... friend all right," he said with a grin. "He's wan heluva lad. Fits the description to a T. There can't be but one like him here." And he went on to tell the story of the adventure of the janitor and the hose and that of its sequel, the resale of the fifty-five-dollar suit to I. Bernstein, who had reported his ...

— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine

... would have argued more logically had he inferred that they reveal one of the earliest forms of a gross imposture. We are persuaded that the epistles he has edited, as well as all the others previously published, are fictitious; and we shall endeavour to demonstrate, in the sequel of this chapter, that the external evidence in ...

— The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen

... which is the natural sequel of 1895, it is needful, first of all, to recognize the fact that Russia is, at this moment, the protector of China against all comers, and that France supports her firmly, while Germany, having once taken the decisive step of placing herself alongside Russia, is likely to follow the czar's lead ...

— China • Demetrius Charles Boulger

... to sleep and in which John Burroughs slept. Of course they held high carnival at night-time. Mother and I do not mind them at all, and indeed rather like to hear them scrambling about, and then as a sequel to a sudden frantic fight between two of them, hearing or seeing one little fellow come plump down to the floor and scuttle off again to the wall. But one night they waked up John Burroughs and he spent a misguided ...

— Letters to His Children • Theodore Roosevelt

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