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   Follow , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folgēn, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. följa, Dan. fölge, and perh. to E. folk.]
   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.
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            It waves me forth again; I'll follow it.
   Shak.
   
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   To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
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    I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them.
   Ex. xiv. 17.
   
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   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.
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   Approve the best, and follow what I approve
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   Milton.
   
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   Follow peace with all men.
   Heb. xii. 14.
   
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    It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites.
   J. Edwards.
   
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   To copy after; to take as an example.
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    We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love.
   Hooker.
   
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   To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
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   To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
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   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.
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   He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
   Dryden.
   
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   To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
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   O, had I but followed the arts!
   Shak.
   
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   O Antony! I have followed thee to this.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   Follow, 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.
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   Follow , 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.
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