\Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Followed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Following}.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian,
fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg?n, G. folgen,
Icel. fylgja, Sw. f["o]lja, Dan. f["o]lge, and perh. to E.
folk.]
1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or
   direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to
   accompany; to attend.
         It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. --Shak.
2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to
   pursue; to prosecute.
         I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
         shall follow them.                    --Ex. xiv. 17.
3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey;
   to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow
   good advice.
         Approve the best, and follow what I approve.
                                               --Milton.
         Follow peace with all men.            --Heb. xii.
                                               14.
         It is most agreeable to some men to follow their
         reason; and to others to follow their appetites.
                                               --J. Edwards.
4. To copy after; to take as an example.
         We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we
         like not, than in defects resemble them whom we
         love.                                 --Hooker.
5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference
   from a premise.
7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed
   upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in
   progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to
   keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or
   force of, as of a course of thought or argument.
         He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
                                               --Dryden.
8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely,
   as a profession or calling.
         O, had I but followed the arts!       --Shak.
         O Antony! I have followed thee to this. --Shak.
{Follow board} (Founding), a board on which the pattern and
   the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.
   --Knight.
{To follow the hounds}, to hunt with dogs.
{To follow suit} (Card Playing), to play a card of the same
   suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow
   an example set.
{To follow up}, to pursue indefatigably.
Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany;
     succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain.
Usage: - To {Follow}, {Pursue}. To follow (v.t.) denotes
       simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with
       earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite
       object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person
       follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a
       journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who
       has escaped from prison.

\Fol"low\, v. i.
To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the
transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a
result; to imitate.
Syn: Syn.- To {Follow}, {Succeed}, {Ensue}.
Usage: To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a
       crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some
       regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day,
       and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some
       established connection or principle of sequence. As
       wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution;
       and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.

\Fol"low\, n.
The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as
billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball
after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.