consentaneous

American  

[kon-sen-tey-nee-uhs] / ˌkɒn sɛnˈteɪ ni əs /

adjective

1. agreeing; accordant.

2. done by common consent; unanimous.

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consentaneous British  

/ kənˌsɛntəˈniːɪtɪ, ˌkɒnsɛnˈteɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. (foll by to) accordant or consistent (with)

2. done by general consent

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Other Word Forms

• consentaneity noun
• consentaneously adverb
• consentaneousness noun
• unconsentaneous adjective
• unconsentaneously adverb
• unconsentaneousness noun

Etymology

Origin of consentaneous

1615–25; < Latin consentāneus, equivalent to consent- (stem of consentīre to consent ) + -āneus ( -ān ( us ) -an + -eus -eous )

Example Sentences

It is not that their lives were strictly consentaneous; but, in the Christian religion, conformity followed by affinities, is not absolutely requisite to the justice of the comparison.

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Two minds may, indeed, work consentaneously, but one, however unconsciously, will take the lead; should the other preserve its complete independence, angles must of necessity develop, and the first fitness of things disappear.

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Jealousy of officialism forbade ministers to reckon on the consentaneous support even of members of their own way of political thinking, while on the other hand party differences prevented the formation of a strong opposition.

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Let the forces, however, be at once consentaneous and united,—let the men keep step,—and down comes the bridge!

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I deduce this fact, that the impressing of the spirit form was not consentaneous with that of the sitter.

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