consecution
Americannoun
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succession; sequence.
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logical sequence; chain of reasoning.
noun
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a sequence or succession of events or things
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a logical sequence of deductions; inference
Etymology
Origin of consecution
1525–35; < Latin consecūtiōn- (stem of consecūtiō ), equivalent to con- con- + secūt ( us ), past participle of sequī to follow + -iōn- -ion
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Having got them to perform each motion slowly and distinctly, then gradually accelerate the actions, until they are done as an entirety, with rapidity and in proper consecution.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
Even those who bicycle or drive see these sights but rarely and with no consecution, since roads also avoid climbing save where they are forced to it, as over certain passes.
From The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
The natural consecution of the Homeric images needs no exposition: it constitutes in itself one of the beauties of the work.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
Rames was no longer trying to remember the consecution of his speech.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
The commencement of the new chapter at this point makes an unfortunate division; for its first two verses are in close consecution with the last verse of chapter iv.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay
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