consentaneous
Americanadjective
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(foll by to) accordant or consistent (with)
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done by general consent
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of consentaneous
1615–25; < Latin consentāneus, equivalent to consent- (stem of consentīre to consent ) + -āneus ( -ān ( us ) -an + -eus -eous )
Example Sentences
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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 Bennett, Edward T.
Earth and Heaven are rocking in a consentaneous roar!
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by Bartley, James Avis
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'
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.
From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)
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
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