ensue

[ en-soo ]

/ ɛnˈsu /

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verb (used without object), en·sued, en·su·ing.

to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession: As the days ensued, he recovered his strength.

to follow as a consequence; result: When those two friends meet, a battle of wits ensues.

Words nearby ensue

enspell, ensphere, enspirit, enstatite, enstrophe, ensue, ensuing, ensure, enswathe, ent, ent-

Origin of ensue

1350–1400; Middle English ensuen < Anglo-French ensuer (cognate with Old French ensui(v)re). See en-¹, sue

SYNONYMS FOR ensue

1, 2 See follow.

2 issue, arise, flow.

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OTHER WORDS FROM ensue

en·su·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for ensue

She wants a “hagiography,” and the conflicts and confusions that ensue provide The Last Word with its comic momentum.
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These were the sorts of measures that the other negotiators expected to ensue at future stages of the normalization process.
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The minute you undermine the insurance, or dilute it, a bank run might ensue.
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However skeptical of their new president, peace is exactly what many Mexicans are hoping will ensue.
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Barack Obama, in his second term, cannot be absent if any real peace process is to ensue.
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The loss of life which both Max and Dale feared might ensue from the realization of their plans was thus brought to a minimum.
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Eczema of the tongue may ensue as a sequel of prolonged cutaneous eczema (De Mussy43).
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When the attention begins to flag, the tendency is for the vessels to contract, and for sleep to ensue.
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So for the biologist, very much as for the theologian, whenever life takes a residence, death must ensue sooner or later.
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These symptoms may be sudden in their occurrence, whence acute acetonmia, or they may ensue slowly.
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British Dictionary definitions for ensue

ensue

/ (ɪnˈsjuː) /

verb -sues, -suing or -sued

(intr) to follow; come next or afterwards

(intr) to follow or occur as a consequence; result

(tr) obsolete to pursue

Word Origin for ensue

C14: from Anglo-French ensuer, from Old French ensuivre, from en- 1 + suivre to follow, from Latin sequī

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ensue

verb (used without object), en·sued, en·su·ing.

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Origin of ensue

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British Dictionary definitions for ensue

verb -sues, -suing or -sued

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