follifult (foliful)

[ folly. Shenstone. The house of Judah followed David. 2 Sam. ii. 10. A young man of unblemished character [Gladstone],... the rising hope of those stern and unbending Tories who follow a leader whose experience and eloquence are indispensable to them. Macaulay , Gladstone on Church and State. 8. To conform to; comply with; take as a guide, example, or model: as, to follow the fashion; to follow advice or admonition. The commodiousne of this invention caused all parts of Christen dom to follow it. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 80. It has often been alleged as an excuse for the misgovernment of her Elizabeth's] succe ors that they only fol lowed her example. Macaulay , Burleigh. 9. To engage in or be concerned with as a pursuit; pursue the duties or requirements of; carry on the busine of; prosecute: as, to fol low trade, a calling, or a profe ion; to follow the stage. I would I had bestowed that time in the tongues that I have in fencing, dancing, and bear-bating: O, had I but followed the arts! Shak ., T. N., L. 3. In peace euery man followed his building and planting. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, 11. 37. Women, girls, and boys often follow this occupation. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 110. 10. To result from, as an effect from a cause or an inference from premises; come after as a result or consequence: as, poverty often fol lows extravagance or idlene ; intemperance is often followed by disease. A duty well discharg'd is never follow'd By sad repentance. Beau, and Fl ., Thierry and Theodoret, i. 2. It is written in the eternal laws of the universe of God, that sin shall be followed by suffering. Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 278. Follow my leader, a game played by children, in which each in turn does whatever another, called the leader, does, or suffers some specified penalty. To follow home, to follow up closely. The Prophet, having this fair opportunity, followed the blow he had given him so home that Ahab was not able to stand before him. Stilling fleet , Sermons, II. iv. folzhen, folzen, folzien, etc. (also with umlaut filighen, filihen, fulien ), He [Edward the Confe or) took the greatest delight, says William of Malmsbury, "to follow a pack of swift hounds in pursuit of game, and to cheer them with his voice." Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 60. Of him who walked in glory and in joy, Following his plough, along the mountain side. Words worth, Resolution and Independence, st. 7. Fain had he follow'd their receding steps. M. Arnold , Balder Dead. 2. To come after in natural sequence, or in order of time; succeed. The nexte houre of Mars folwynge this, Arcite unto the temple walked is Of fierse Mars. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1509. They were free from that childish love of titles which characterized the generation which preceded them, and... that which followed them. Macaulay , Lord Bacon. Scest thou how tears still follow earthly bli ? William Morris , Earthly Paradise, I. 390. 3. To engage in the pursuit of; seek to overtake or come up with; pursue; chase: as, to follow game or an enemy. Whilst her neglected child holds her in chase, Cries to catch her whose busy care is bent To follow that which flies before her face. Shak ., Sonnets, cxliii. same suit as that first played. Hence-(b) To follow the line of speech, argument, or conduct adopted by a predece or. To follow up, to pursue closely; prosecute with vigor or promptne , as something already begun; act upon with energy: as, to follow up an advantage. II. in trans. 1. To come or go behind; come in the wake or rear; come next, or in natural sequence or order. Ioseph ferde bi-foren and the flote folewede . Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. Т. 8.), p. 2. When all these things are thus disposed and prepared, then follows the action of the war. Bacon , Fable of Perseus. The famine... shall follow close after you. Jer. xlii. 16. 2. To result as an effect from a cause or an inference from premises; be a consequent: as, from such conduct great scandal is sure to fol low ; the facts may be admitted, but the inference drawn from them does not follow . This above all to thine own self be true; And it must follow , as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Shak., Hamlet, i. 3. In a short time it followed , that could not be had for a pound of Copper which before was sould vs for an ounce. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 166. If he suspects me without cause, it follows that the best way of curing his jealousy is to give him reason for 't. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 3. =Syn. Follow, Succeed, Ensue. Follow and succeed, or succeed to, are applied to persons or things; ensue, in modern literature, to things only. Follow may denote the mere going in order in a track or line, and it commonly suggests that the things mentioned are near together. Succeed (transitive or intransitive), implying a regular series, denotes the being in the same place which another has held immediately before; a crowd may follow a man, but only one person or event can succeed to another; upon the death of a sovereign his oldest son succeeds him and succeeds to the throne; day follows night. To ensue is to follow close upon, to follow as the effect of some settled after; endeavor to obtain or attain to. Follow peace with all men. Heb. xii. 14. 5. To keep up with, or with the course or progre of; observe or comprehend the sequence or connecting links of: as, to follow an argument, or the plot of a play.-6. To watch or regard the movements, progre , or course of: as, to follow a person with the eye. He followed with his eyes the fleeting shade. Dryden. Is there not one face you study? One figure whose movements you follow with, at least, curiosity? Charlotte Bronte , Jane Eyre, xix. as, nothing but suffering can ensue a course. I yield, I follow where heaven shows the way. Dryden. One sorrow never comes, but brings an heir, That may succeed as his inheritor. Shak., Pericles, i. 4. Then grave Clari a graceful wav'd her fan; Silence ensu'd , and thus the nymph began. Pope . follow (fol'ō), n. [ stroke which causes the cue-ball to follow the object-ball after impact.