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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“I follow”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/, /ˈsɛ.kwə.tʊɹ/
Noun
sequitur (plural sequiturs or sequuntur)
- A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur.
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Verb
sequitur
- third-person singular present active indicative of sequor