From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ensue \En*sue"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
ensuing \ensuing\ adjective subsequent, or occurring as a result; as, ensuing events confirmed the prediction.
Syn: following; succeeding. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: following immediately and as a result of what went before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ensuing": after, appendant, attendant, cadet, coming, consecutive, consequent, consequential, derivational, derivative, final, following, junior, later, lineal, next, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne, resultant, resulting, sequacious, sequent, sequential, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed, younger
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