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obsequent
/ ˈɒbsɪkwənt /
adjective
- (of a river) flowing into a subsequent stream in the opposite direction to the original slope of the land
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obsequent1
C16 (in the obsolete sense: yielding): from Latin obsequī, from sequī to follow
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Example Sentences
And he who persecuteth well learneth readily to be OBSEQUENT—when once he is—put behind!
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