Ensuing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ensue \En*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ensued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Ensuing}.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi;
     in + sequi to pursue. See {Sue}.]
     To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek
     peace, and ensue it." --1 Pet. iii. 11.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
                                                    --Golding.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ensuing \ensuing\ adj.
     subsequent, or occurring as a result; as, ensuing events
     confirmed the prediction.
  
     Syn: following; succeeding. [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ensuing
       adj : following immediately and as a result of what went before;
             "ensuing events confirmed the prediction"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ensuing":
     after, appendant, attendant, cadet, coming, consecutive,
     consequent, consequential, derivational, derivative, final,
     following, junior, later, lineal, next, posterior, postpositional,
     postpositive, proximate, puisne, resultant, resulting, sequacious,
     sequent, sequential, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed,
     younger