ensue

  • 11ensue — UK [ɪnˈsjuː] / US [ɪnˈsu] verb [intransitive] Word forms ensue : present tense I/you/we/they ensue he/she/it ensues present participle ensuing past tense ensued past participle ensued to happen after something else, often as a result of it Jack… …

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  • 12ensue — verb Ensue is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑argument, ↑battle, ↑chaos, ↑complication, ↑consequence, ↑disaster, ↑discussion, ↑fight, ↑fighting, ↑panic, ↑riot, ↑ …

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  • 13ensue — [[t]ɪnsju͟ː, AM su͟ː[/t]] ensues, ensuing, ensued VERB: no cont If something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as a result of it. If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue... A brief but… …

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  • 14ensue — verb (I) to happen as a result of something: Serious problems will ensue if something is not done about gang rivalry now …

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  • 15ensue from — index emanate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16ensue — verb (ensued; ensuing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ensivre (3d singular ensiut), from en + sivre to follow more at sue Date: 14th century transitive verb to strive to attain ; pursue < I wander, seeking peace, and ensuing it&#8230; …

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  • 17ensue — ensuingly, adv. /en sooh /, v.i., ensued, ensuing. 1. to follow in order; come afterward, esp. in immediate succession: As the days ensued, he recovered his strength. 2. to follow as a consequence; result: When those two friends meet, a battle of …

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  • 18ensue — verb /enˈsjʉː,enˈsjuː,ɛnˈsuː/ To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...] …

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  • 19ensue — Synonyms and related words: attend, become of, c, come about, come after, come next, come of, come on, come out, derive, develop, displace, emanate, end, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, follow after, follow up, go after, inherit, issue,&#8230; …

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  • 20ensue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. follow, succeed, supervene, happen, result; pursue, seek after. See effect, sequence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. result, follow, eventuate arise; see happen 2 , result , succeed 2 . See Synonym Study at&#8230; …

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