consentaneous
Americanadjective
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(foll by to) accordant or consistent (with)
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done by general consent
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Etymology
Origin of consentaneous
1615–25; < Latin consentāneus, equivalent to consent- (stem of consentīre to consent ) + -āneus ( -ān ( us ) -an + -eus -eous )
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Earth and Heaven are rocking in a consentaneous roar!
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by James Avis Bartley
The movement of not one mind only, but the consentaneous movement of a multitude of minds in the same direction, constitutes what is called the spirit of the age.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie
The perfection and glory of each consists in the living union and consentaneous development of both.
From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe
The wonder is that there should ever be in a reforming party enough of consentaneous action to carry any reform.
From The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
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 George Arbuthnot
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