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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *sekʷ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈĩː.sɛ.kʷɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.se.kʷor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''īnsequor''' (present infinitive īnsequī, perfect active īnsecūtus sum or īnsequūtus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
+ The third person plural is also written ''īnsecuntur''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[in-]] and [[sequor]] “to follow”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ''sequor'' to [[ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow, accompany]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to follow closely, pursue, as in Horace, and to chase, catch up with, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) In Ovid it meant to attack physically, and in Cicero to pursue with verbal attacks, persecute, to follow in time, succeed, and to come next in order.^(OLD 2012) Ovid also used it of following up a course of action.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''inseguire'' “to chase”.^(Wiktionary) Late Latin ''insequere'' gave Old French ''ensivre'' and [[en|ensue]] about 1400, first “to seek after, pursue”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of following closely.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1400 – English ''ensue'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To follow closely, [[m|en|pursue]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To chase; to attack.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|persecute]], hound.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To follow, succeed.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[insecūtiō]]
+ * [[insecūtor]]
+ * [[īnsequēns]]
+ * [[īnsequenter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assequor]]
+ * [[cōnsequor]]
+ * [[exsequor]]
+ * [[obsequor]]
+ * [[persequor]]
+ * [[prōsequor]]
+ * [[resequor]]
+ * [[sequor]]
+ * [[subsequor]]
+ * [[en|ensue]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}