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3. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. Milton. Follow peace with all men.Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites.J. Edwards. We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love.Hooker. He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.Dryden. O, had I but followed the arts!Shak. O Antony! I have followed thee to this.Shak. Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison. Follow Syn.- To Follow, Succeed, Ensue. To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness. Follower |
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