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segue

se·gue

UK/ˈsɛɡweɪ/ US/ˈsɛɡweɪ/ rare

verb

1.

proceed without interruption; in music or talk

  • “He segued into another discourse”

Origin

Borrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”), from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence.

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