sequel

Definition

The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath.

Etymology

From Middle English sequele, sequelle, sequile, from Middle French sequele, sequelle and its etymon, Latin sequēla, from sequī (“to follow”). Doublet of sequela.

Example Sentences

• "Now here Chriſtian was worſe put to it then in his fight with Apollyon, as by the ſequel you ſhall ſee."
• "In its sixty-year history here, some 4,170 engines of the 4-6-0 type have been constructed. This is the vast sequel of that bold experimental step of the Highland Railway in 1894."
• "It greatly resembles the Rabbinical account of the origin of the Mazckeen, which the reader will meet in the sequel."