Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
- In physical geography, the opposite of consequent: said of streams which have grown by headward erosion so as to flow in a direction opposite to the dip of the underlying strata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Obedient ;submissive ;obsequious .
Etymologies
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From Latin obsequens, present participle of obsequi; ob (see ob- +) + sequi. See sequence.
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Examples
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And he who persecuteth well learneth readily to be obsequent-when once he is-put behind!
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However, there's a new Congress in town and this group will likely not be as obsequent.
Busch: Fed to Stay Course, Markets to Correct Course - CNBC 2011
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It lasted no longer than a snapshot, but the image on the South Lawn was indelible: an obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan.
race42008.com 2009
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New York Times admonished him as an "obsequent president."
NY Post: News 2009
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New York Times admonished him as an "obsequent president."
NY Post: News 2009
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The resulting image, The New York Times wrote, was of "an obsequent president and the emperor of Japan."
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