Part 4450

<h1>Folliculous</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol*lic"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>folliculosus</ets> full of husks: cf. F. <ets>folliculeux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having or producing follicles.</def>

<h1>Folliful</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"li*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of folly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Follow</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Followed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Following</er>.]</wordforms><ety>[OE. <ets>foluwen</ets>, <ets>folwen</ets>, <ets>folgen</ets>, AS. <ets>folgian</ets>, <ets>fylgean</ets>, <ets>fylgan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>volgen</ets>, OHG. <ets>folg<?/n</ets>, G. <ets>folgen</ets>, Icel. <ets>fylgja</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94lja</ets>, Dan. <ets>f\'94lge</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>folk</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.</def>

<blockquote> It waves me forth again; I'll <b>follow</b> it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.</def>

<blockquote> I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall <b>follow</b> them. <i>Ex. xiv. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; <as>as, to <ex>follow</ex> good advice</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Approve the best, and <b>follow</b> what I approve. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Follow</b> peace with all men. <i>Heb. xii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> It is most agreeable to some men to <b>follow</b> their reason; and to others to <b>follow</b> their appetites. <i>J. Edwards.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To copy after; to take as an example.</def>

<blockquote> We had rather <b>follow</b> the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.</def>

<blockquote> He <b>followed</b> with his eyes the flitting shade. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.</def>

<blockquote>O, had I but <b>followed</b> the arts! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O Antony! I have <b>followed</b> thee to this. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Follow board</col> <fld>(Founding)</fld>, <cd>a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> -- <col>To follow the hounds</col>, <cd>to hunt with dogs.</cd> -- <col>To follow suit</col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.</cd> -- <col>To follow up</col>, <cd>to pursue indefatigably.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain.</syn> <usage>- To <er>Follow</er>, <er>Pursue</er>. To <i>follow</i> (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to <i>pursue</i> denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; <as>as, a hound <ex>pursues</ex> the deer</as>. So a person <i>follows</i> a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice <i>pursue</i> a felon who has escaped from prison.</usage>

<h1>Follow</h1> <Xpage=579>

<hw>Fol"low</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.</def>

<syn>Syn.- To <er>Follow</er>, <er>Succeed</er>, <er>Ensue</er>.</syn> <usage> To <i>follow</i> (v.i.) means simply to come after; <as>as, a crowd <ex>followed</ex></as>. <i>To succeed</i> means to come after in some regular series or succession; <as>as, day <ex>succeeds</ex> to day, and night to night</as>. To <i>ensue</i> means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave <i>follows</i> wave, revolution <i>succeeds</i> to revolution; and nothing <i>ensues</i> but accumulated wretchedness.</usage>

<h1>Follower</h1> <Xpage=579>