2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.

In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile

and sequacious.

Ray.

3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and

rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.

The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the

sequacious thinkers of the day.

Sir W. Hamilton.

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.

Se*qua"cious*ness, n. Quality of being sequacious.

Se*quac"i*ty (?), n. [L. sequacitas.] Quality or state of being

sequacious; sequaciousness. Bacon.

Se"quel (s"kwl), n. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle

a following. See Sue to follow.] 1. 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.

Shak.

2. Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or

swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.

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