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Ensue   /ɪnsˈu/   Listen
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Ensue  v. t.  (past & past part. ensued; pres. part. ensuing)  To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. (Obs.) "Seek peace, and ensue it." "To ensue his example in doing the like mischief."



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. "So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued." "Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed."
Synonyms: To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.






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... by which this substance is thrown out. In case the nerves are the weakest part of the system, such an exposure would result in pains in the head or teeth, or in some other nervous ailment. If the muscles be the weakest part, rheumatic affections will ensue; and if the bowels or kidneys be weakest, some disorder in their ...
— A Treatise on Domestic Economy - For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School • Catherine Esther Beecher

... Church!" exclaimed the missionary, crushing the paper in his excitement. "If the ministers of God become the creatures of the king, despotism and irreligion must inevitably ensue. How long will virtue be accounted a crime? Shall every faithful shepherd be supplanted, to make room for the wolf of lay investiture, the instrument of a lustful tyrant, raised by simony, ...
— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles

... I have of the colored men in Canada, their strength and condition, would cause me to tremble for these United States, should a war ever ensue between the English and American governments, which I pray may never occur. These fugitives may be thought to be a class of poor, thriftless, illiterate creatures, like the Southern slaves, but it is not so. They are no longer slaves; many ...
— Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman • Austin Steward

... while they are making the necessary Arrangements and preparing for War if that shd be the Event. If Britain should refuse to acknowledge the Independence of America a War with France & Spain wd probably ensue and the flame would spread. In that Case, Britain might be obligd so far to withdraw her Troops from America as to leave it in our power with the Spirit of Enterprize to make such Acquisitions as wd ensure a safe & lasting Peace. But if Europe shall remain quiet & Britain ...
— The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4 • Samuel Adams

... kingdom very much weakened and endangered, the merchants thereof much damnified, many mariners and others taken prisoners and brought into miserable captivity and slavery, many ships taken by Turkish and other pirates, and many other inconveniences had from thence ensued, and more were likely to ensue, if not timely prevented. (17 Car. ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 • Various


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