Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Following; sequent; pursuant.
  • Smooth; even.
  • noun The plaice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng. Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rare Smooth, or proceeding smoothly
  • adverb rare Smoothly; without difficulty

Etymologies

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From Middle English with the meaning "following", from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre ("to follow"), from Latin *sequere, from sequor

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Examples

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