Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ensuing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
--Golding.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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