obsequent

From Latin obsequens, present participle of obsequi, from ob (see ob-) + sequi. See sequence.

obsequent (comparative more obsequent, superlative most obsequent)

1. (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
   • 1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix:

     an infinitive power […] Which hee alwayes findeth plyant, and obsequent to his pleasure, euen against the proprietie of its owne particular nature.

2. (geology) Facing the opposite way of what would be expected, for example, a stream flowing towards higher elevation.

obsequent (plural obsequents)

1. (geology) An obsequent geological feature.

• “obsequent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.