Ensue

Definition: Ensue

Ensue

Verb

1. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy".

Date "ensue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Ensue

Synonym: result (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Eventuality	Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).
Posteriority	Verb: follow; after, come after, go after; succeed, supervene; ensue, occur; step into the shoes of.
Sequence	Verb: succeed; come after, come on, come next; follow, ensue, step into the shoes of; alternate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Ensue

English words defined with "ensue": Ensued ♦ Insue ♦ Jactitation of marriage. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ensue": angle-cut ♦ Bottles ♦ Called, Cannon, Cui bono? ♦ DUEL ♦ GNU ♦ Herbs, Husband ♦ Publisher ♦ Rosse ♦ Wife. (references)

Etymologies containing "ensue": Insectator, Insecution. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold: The Commercial and Social Consequences Which May Ensue, and the Measures which It Invites (reference) Phlebotomy: or, A treatise of letting of bloud, fitly seruing, as well for an aduertisement and remembrance to well minded chirurgians, as also to giue a caueat generally to all men to beware of the manifold dangers, which may ensue vpon rash and vnaduise (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If too many endothelial cells are destroyed, corneal edema and blindness ensue, with corneal transplantation the only available therapy. (references)
		Testing is of benefit only if there is access to the necessary comprehensive health services and resources that ensue from case/carrier detection. (references)
		Damaging sounds are those that are sufficiently strong, sufficiently long-lasting, and involve appropriate frequencies so that permanent hearing loss will ensue. (references)
Business		Sales of mining equipment and machinery will ensue thereafter, especially for the exploration and on-site processing of mining deposits. (references)
Travel	Vietnam	Once the formalities and pleasantries are dispensed with, substantive discussion can ensue. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. A hunter from Kew caught a distant view Of a peacefully meditative gnu, And he said: "I'll pursue, and my hands imbrue In its blood at a closer interview." But that beast did ensue and the hunter it threw O'er the top of a palm that adjacent grew; And he said as he flew: "It is well I withdrew Ere, losing my temper, I wickedly slew That really meritorious gnu." Jarn Leffer
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"Ensue" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 95.90% of the time. "Ensue" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	95.9%	117	29,823
Noun (singular)	3.28%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.82%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	122	N/A

Expression using "ensue": ensue from smth.. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "ensue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vjen pas, rezulton (come, flow from, prove), pasoj (feed, follow, pass on). (various references)

Arabic		‏نشأ بوصفه نتيجة, ‏ولى (follow, inaugurate, succeed, supervene). (various references)

Bulgarian		настъпвам (advance, occur, set in, settle in, step on, tread, tread on), произлизам (accrue, arise, arisen, arose, emanate, eventuate, flow, flow from, originate, proceed, result), последвам (be the result of, follow, go after, result, supervene). (various references)

Chinese		接着而来 (Ensued, Ensuing). (various references)

Czech		následovat (follow, follow on, go after, succeed, take after). (various references)

Farsi		ازپس امدن , ازدنبال امدن (Attend), بعدامدن . (various references)

Finnish		sukeutua (arise, develop). (various references)

French		s'ensuivre, résulter. (various references)

German		folgen (aftereffects, after-effects, agree with, come after, follow, follow on, go along with, obey, results, sequelae, sequels, sequences, sequiturs, succeed, succeeding, successions, suites, tail, to ensue, to follow, to succeed, trace, trail). (various references)

Greek		επακολουθώ (issue, result). (various references)

Hebrew		לבוא מי�" אחרי. (various references)

Hungarian		ered valamibõl, következik (follow, succeed, to ensue, to follow, to result, to succeed). (various references)

Indonesian		terjadi (beenacted, happen, occur, take place), berakibat (have consequences). (various references)

Italian		conseguire (achieve, attain, deduct, follow, gain, obtain, reach, result). (various references)

Manx		eiyrt (attend on, bolster, chase, drive, emulate, emulation, follow, follow through, persist, pursue, pursuit, put it into practice, result, shadow, stalk, tail). (various references)

Norwegian		følge (consequence, follow). (various references)

Pig Latin		ensueay

Portuguese		suceder (arrive, befall, betide, chance, come about, cut in, ever, get along, happen, intervene, occur, pass on, succeed, transpire), seguir-se (supervene), animar (actuate, animate, assure, awake, awaken, be inspired, brighten, brisk, calorify, cheer, cherish, Chirk, comfort, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarated, flush, ginger, grandmotherly, hearten, heat, incite, inspirit, jazz, jolly, Kittle, liven, liven up, nerve, pep, perk, propellant, rally, rouse, smarten, spirit, stimulate, uphold, vitalize, vivify, warm), acontecer (become, become of, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, cut in, eventuate, fare, get, grow, happen, intervention, occur, take the place of, transpire). (various references)

Romanian		urma (attend, continue, follow, go with, hold, inherit, resume, succeed, take), rezulta (accrue, follow, issue, result, result from), reieşi din. (various references)

Russian		следовать (abide by, befit, behoove, follow, follow upon, ought, pursue, result, run, supervene). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nastati (appear, originate). (various references)

Spanish		sobrevenir (arrive, Excel, intervene, supervene), seguirse (trace), resultar que (accrue, hatch, transpire), pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while). (various references)

Swedish		följa (accompany, come after, explore, follow, obey, observe, scan, see, Shepherd, show, succeed, take, to accompany, trace, track, walk), bli följden (eventuate). (various references)

Thai		ติ�"ตามผลอย่างใกล้ชิ�". (various references)

Turkish		sonucu olmak (be the result of, follow, result), sonradan gelmek, doğmak (arise, arrive, be born, begin, break through, come about, emanate, emerge, grow out of, rise, spring), ardından gelmek. (various references)

Turkmen		eяermek (be led, follow). (various references)

Ukranian		текти (course, flow, stream, weep), виникати (accrue, arise, come of, come up, dimple, pullulate, rise), прагнути (affect, aim, aspire, endeavor, endeavour, gasp for, gravitate, hanker, point, try for, wish for). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	consecuta, consecutam, consecuti, consecutus, consequamur, consequantur, consequaris, consequebantur, consequens, consequenti, consequeretur, consequeris, consequi, consequitur. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	ensivre. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ekklinatw apo kakou kai poihsatw agaqon zhthsatw eirhnhn kai diwxatw authn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Declinet autem a malo et faciat bonum inquirat pacem et persequatur eam
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And bowe he from yuel, and do good; seke he pees, and perfitli sue it.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Let him eschue evyll and do good: let him seke peace and ensue it.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.
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Language	1 Peter Chapter 3, Verse 11
Cebuano	pabiyai kaniya ang dautan ug ipabuhat kaniya ang maayo; ipapangita kaniya ang kadaitan ug ipakab-ot kini.
Croatian	zla nek se kloni, a èini dobro, mir neka traži i za njim ide:
Danish	han vende sig fra ondt og gøre godt; han søge Fred og jage efter den!
Dutch	Die wijke af van het kwade, en doe het goede; die zoeke vrede en jage denzelven na.
Finnish	kääntyköön pois pahasta ja tehköön hyvää, etsiköön rauhaa ja pyrkiköön siihen.
French	Qu`il s`éloigne du mal et fasse le bien, Qu`il recherche la paix et la poursuive;
German	Er wende sich vom Bösen und tue Gutes; er suche Frieden und jage ihm nach.
Haitian Creole	Se pou l' sispann fè sa ki mal, se pou l' fè sa ki byen. Se pou l' chache viv byen ak moun. Se pou l' fè sa li kapab pou li viv byen ak tout moun.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ia harus menjauhi yang jahat dan melakukan yang baik; hendaklah ia berjuang sungguh-sungguh untuk mendapatkan perdamaian.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan hendaklah ia menyimpang daripada kejahatan, lalu berbuat baik; hendaklah ia mencari perdamaian dan menuntut dia;
Italian	eviti il male e faccia il bene, cerchi la pace e la segua,
Latvian	Izvairies no ïauna un dari labu, meklç mieru un centies, un seko tam!
Maori	Me peka ke i te kino, me mahi i te pai; ko te rangimarie hei rapunga mana, hei whainga atu mana.
Norwegian	han gå av veien for ondt og gjøre godt, han søke fred og jage efter den!
Portuguese	aparte-se do mal, e faça o bem; busque a paz, e siga-a.
Russian	ХЛМПОСКУС ПФ ЪМБ Й �"ЕМБК �"П�'ТП; ЙЭЙ НЙТБ Й УФТЕНЙУШ Л ОЕНХ,
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Spanish	Apártese del mal y haga el bien. Busque la paz y sígala.
Swahili	Na ajiepushe na uovu, atende mema, atafute amani na kuizingatia.
Uma	Kana nabahakai gau' to dada'a pai' babehi-mi gau' to lompe'. Kana nahuduwukui mpali' kahintuwuaa' hi doo.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "ensue": ensued, ensues. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ensue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ansae, edsul, eissue, enbue, enchufe, encou, ennue, enou, enoui, enque, Ensay, ense, enset, ensite, enso, Ensom, ensor, ensu, ensume, enu, enue, enus, enuse, Enzi, esne, Esneh, Esnouf, esuce, Eunus, Mensuel, mesneux, Negue, nexue, Nezu, Nsue, Penske. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-n-s-u"
	-1 letter: seen, sene.
	-2 letters: ens, nee, nus, see, sen, sue, sun, uns, use.
	-3 letters: en, es, ne, nu, un, us.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-n-s-u"
	+1 letter: aeneus, endues, ensued, ensues, ensure, enures, neumes, queens, tenues, unease, unseen, usneae, venues.
	+2 letters: aeneous, avenues, bungees, butenes, censure, dengues, denudes, dudeens, duendes, dueness, eluents, endures, ensured, ensurer, ensures, enthuse, equines, eupneas, genuses, lungees, neguses, netsuke, neuters, nexuses, outseen, retunes, sequent, subteen, subvene, tenures, tureens, uneases, unfrees, unreels, unsewed, unsexed, unsexes, unsteel, vendues, venules.
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