adj. Following in time or order; succeeding. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin subsequēns, subsequent-, present participle of subsequī, to follow close after : sub-, close after; see SUB- + sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] subse·quent′ly adv. subse·quent′ness n. |
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