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followe

followe is the obsolete spelling of follow.

Meaning of follow

Verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
    • Follow that car!
    Synonyms:
    trail, tail
    Antonyms:
    guide, lead
  2. (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
    • B follows A in the alphabet.
  3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
    • Follow these instructions to the letter.
    Synonyms:
    pursue
  4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
  5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
    • Do you follow me?
  6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
    • I followed the incumbent throughout the election.

See all 12 meanings of follow

Forms of followe

third-person singular presentfollowes
present participlefollowing
past participlefollowed
pastfollowed

Questions about followe

What is followe the obsolete spelling of?
Followe is the obsolete spelling of follow.

Words near followe in the dictionary

  1. follow4follow
  2. followability
  3. followable
  4. followday
  5. followdays
  6. followe
  7. followed
  8. followed along
  9. followed by
  10. followed in someone's footsteps
  11. followed on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: followe (page history and authors); follow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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