sequitur

Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“I follow”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/, /ˈsɛ.kwə.tʊɹ/

sequitur (plural sequiturs or sequuntur)

1. A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
   • 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

     He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur.

• non sequitur

• agere sequitur esse

• rustique, tiqueurs

sequitur

1. third-person singular present active indicative of sequor