Sub"se*quent (?), a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p.
pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subséquent. See Sue to follow.]
1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events;
subsequent ages or
years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.
2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the
precedent vanish." Bacon.
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