Subsecute \Sub"se*cute\, v. t. [L. subsecutus, p. p. of
subsequi. See {Subsequent}.]
To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.]
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To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he
could be subsecuted and overtaken. --E. Hall.
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