Definition of ensue Ensue
/ɪnsuˈ/ - [insu] - en•sue
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| ensue - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" | ||
| result | ||
| turn up, prove, turn out establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| be due, flow from be the result of | ||
| fall out, follow have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" | ||
| come after, follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ensue (v. t.)
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. - ensue (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ensue
en-sū′, v.i. to follow, to come after: to result (with from).—v.t. (B., arch.) to follow after:—pr.p. ensū′ing; pa.p. ensūed′. [O. Fr. ensuir (Fr. ensuivre)—L. in, after, sequi, to follow.]
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🔤- ensue, verb, present, 1st person singular of ensue (infinitive).
- ensue, verb (infinitive).
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