About The Word Ensue
Learn about the word Ensue to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Ensue definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Ensue
| Ensue Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Ensue?
[v] issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ensue: result Related Terms | Find terms related to Ensue: 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 See Also | be due | come | come after | flow from | follow | prove | turn out | turn up Ensue In Webster's Dictionary \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}. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Deer hunt ‐ hunting deer
- Gently ‐ with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"…
- Carry ‐ the act of carrying something [v] be pregnant with; "She is bearing…
- Age class ‐ people in the same…
- White thistle ‐ spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of…
- Electrocute ‐ kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial…
- Threadleaf groundsel ‐ bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool…
- Bargeman ‐ someone who…
- Dabbler ‐ any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and…
- Thrasher ‐ large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to…