ˈsēkwəl noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sequel, sequele, from Middle French sequelle, from Latin sequella, sequela, from sequi to follow — more at sue
1. obsolete
a. : a member of a retinue : follower , retainer — usually used in plural
friends, adherents, and sequels, should be comprehended in the truce — John Speed
b. : succession , series
his daughter first; and in sequel , all — Shakespeare
a sequel of four — Lancelot Andrewes
2.
a. : something that follows naturally from an antecedent cause : consequence , result
higher prices as a sequel to rising production costs
b. obsolete : a logical inference
so fareth it with the bodies and by sequel with the souls — Thomas Walkington
c. : sequela 1
gangrene is … a sequel of wounds — Robert Chawner
3.
a. : the next in an unfolding series (as of events) : subsequent development
powered flight as the evolutionary sequel to gliding
b. : the next installment (as of a speech or narrative) : continuation ; especially : a literary work continuing the course of a narrative begun in a preceding one
the hero performs even more astonishing feats in the sequel
4. : an allowance of meal or other small perquisite made in thirlage to the servants of the dominant mill for actual or nominal services in grinding — usually used in plural
Synonyms: see effect