Meaning of ENSUE
| Pronunciation: | | en'soo
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| | Definition: | | [v] issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" |
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| | Synonyms: | | result |
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| | See Also: | | be due, come, come after, flow from, follow, prove, turn out, turn up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ensuing}.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi;
in + sequi to pursue. See {Sue}.]
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] ``Seek
peace, and ensue it.'' --1 Pet. iii. 11.
To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
--Golding.
\En*sue"\, v. i.
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in
chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing
conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued. --Pope.
Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues,
unless the exciting cause be presently removed. --I.
Taylor.
Syn: To follow; pursue; succeed. See {Follow}.
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| | Related Terms: | | attend, become of, c, come about, come after, come next, come of, come on, come out, derive, develop, displace, emanate, end, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, follow after, follow up, go after, inherit, issue, overtake, pan out, proceed, prove, prove to be, replace, result, stem, succeed, supervene, terminate, track, trail, turn out, unfold, work out |
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