subsecute

verb

1. To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.

   obsolete

   But vvhen this crafty diſſembler Peter Landoyſe, vvhich vvas no vviliar then an old Foxe, perceived that the Earle vvas departed (thinking that to bee true that hee imagined) Lord hovv curriours ran into every coaſt, hovv lighthorſemen galloped to every ſtreete to follovv and detaine him, if by any poſsibility hee could bee ſubſecuted and overtaken, and him to incarcerate and bring captive into the citie of Uannes.

Where it comes from

From Latin subsecūtus, past participle of subsequor (“follow close after”). See subsequent.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry subsecute (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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