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

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

Suddenly, as they were standing by the great fountain, Nini and he found themselves t�te-�-t�te, a circumstance arising from the consentaneous willingness of the rest of the party to give them such an opportunity.

From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip

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

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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

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 Blaikie, William Garden