consentaneous
Americanadjective
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(foll by to) accordant or consistent (with)
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done by general consent
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Etymology
Origin of consentaneous
1615–25; < Latin consentāneus, equivalent to consent- (stem of consentīre to consent ) + -āneus ( -ān ( us ) -an + -eus -eous )
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I deduce this fact, that the impressing of the spirit form was not consentaneous with that of the sitter.
From Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research by Edward T. Bennett
The following lines were written under the powerful impulse of feelings which appear to have been almost consentaneous with those of the whole British people.
From The Ghost of Chatham; A Vision Dedicated to the House of Peers by Anonymous
The wonder is that there should ever be in a reforming party enough of consentaneous action to carry any reform.
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
Earth and Heaven are rocking in a consentaneous roar!
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley
The movement of not one mind only, but the consentaneous movement of a multitude of minds in the same direction, constitutes what is called the spirit of the age.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie
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