follow (4 used more widely than now)
1.
to pursue as an
enemy 2H4 IV. iii. 27, Cor. III. iii. 137,
IV. v. 104
“I have ever f-'d thee
with hate,”
Ant. V. i. 36
“O Antony! I have
follow'd thee to this.”
2.
to prosecute (a thing
in hand), carry through, ‘follow up’
Tw.N. V. i. 377,
2H4 I. i. 21
“a day, So fought, so
follow'd, and so fairly won,”
H5 II. iv. 68.
3.
to imitate, copy
MND. II. i. 131, Wint. V. ii. 63.
4.
to engage in (a
pursuit), practise (a calling), apply oneself to
Tw.N. I. iii. 101,
John II. i. 31
“ arms,”
Cor. IV. v. 35,
Lr. II. ii. 157
“f-ing her
affairs.”
