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consentaneous

[ kon-sen-tey-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. agreeing; accordant.
  2. done by common consent; unanimous.


consentaneous

/ kənˌsɛntəˈniːɪtɪ; ˌkɒnsɛnˈteɪnɪəs /

adjective

  1. foll by to accordant or consistent (with)
  2. done by general consent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • consentaneity, noun
  • ˌconsenˈtaneously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • consen·tane·ous·ly adverb
  • con·sen·ta·ne·i·ty [k, uh, n-sen-t, uh, -, nee, -i-tee], consen·tane·ous·ness noun
  • uncon·sen·tane·ous adjective
  • uncon·sen·tane·ous·ly adverb
  • uncon·sen·tane·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of consentaneous1

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

Origin of consentaneous1

C17: from Latin consentāneus, from consentīre to consent
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Example Sentences

I have no doubt that this is the fact; the measure is too consentaneous with his system of policy, not to be approbated by him.

Therefore, the changes were induced by the consentaneous action of internal and external forces.

And this was not only a popular conceit, but consentaneous unto their Physical principles, as Heurnius hath accounted it.

The consentaneous adoption of principles of maritime neutrality.

Empedocles, that which is consentaneous to the passages of the eye.

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