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.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

The truth is, that our proceedings will then be consentaneous with the interests of the majority, and so they ought to be.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

That this is perfectly consentaneous to scientific truth, will appear in the further progress of these observations.

From Headlong Hall by Peacock, Thomas Love

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 Bennett, Edward T.

While thus employed, the enemy, favoured by the formation of the surrounding country, made a sudden and well-sustained attack upon this force, in conjunction with a consentaneous assault upon the entrenchments.

From Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels by Arbuthnot, George