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ensue

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5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈsjuː/ (UK)
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/ɪnˈsjuː/ (UK) · /ɪnˈʃuː/ (UK) · /ɛnˈsjuː/ (UK) · /ɛnˈʃuː/ (UK) · /ɪnˈsuː/ (US) · /enˈsjʉː/

Definition of ensue

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
    “to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].”
    “To ensue his example in doynge the like mischiefe.”
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
    “to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].”
    “To ensue his example in doynge the like mischiefe.”
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
    “Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!”
  3. (intransitive)To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
    “Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.”
    “After ſo bad a beginning, whats like to inſue?”
    “Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness.”

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Etymology

From Old French ensu-, stem of some conjugated forms of ensuivre (“follow close upon, come afterward”) (French ensuivre), from Latin īnsequere, from īnsequi (“to pursue, follow, follow after; come next”), from in- (“upon”) (see in-) + sequi (“follow”) (see sequel).

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