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Webster 1913 Edition
Ensue
En-sue′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ensued
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ensuing
.] 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′
,Verb.
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.
Syn. – To follow; pursue; succeed. See
Follow
. Webster 1828 Edition
Ensue
ENSU'E
,Verb.
T.
To follow; to pursue.
Seek peace,and ensue it. l Pet.3.
[In this sense, it is obsolete.]
ENSU'E
,Verb.
I.
1.
To follow in a train of events or course of time; to succeed; to come after. He spoke and silence ensued. We say, the ensuing age or years;the ensuing events.Definition 2024
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English
Verb
ensue (third-person singular simple present ensues, present participle ensuing, simple past and past participle ensued)
- (obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). [15th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
- to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].
- Golding
- To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
- (obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. [15th-17th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.11:
- Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.11:
- (intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. [from 16th c.]
- Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.
Translations
to occur as consequence
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