6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a
premise.
7. 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.
He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
Dryden.
8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a
profession or calling.
O, had I but followed the arts!
Shak.
O Antony! I have followed thee to this.
Shak.
Follow board (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie
while the sand is rammed into the flask. Knight. -- To follow the
hounds, to hunt with dogs. -- To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a
card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to
follow an example set. -- To follow up, to pursue indefatigably.
Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate;
copy; embrace; maintain. - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes
simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and
with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the
deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a
journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from
prison.
Fol"low, 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.
Syn.- To Follow, Succeed, Ensue. To follow (v.i.) means simply to come
after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some
regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to
night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or
principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to
revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.
Fol"low*er (?), n. [OE. folwere, AS. folgere.] 1. One who follows; a
pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.