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Webster 1913 Edition

Ensue

En-sue′

,
Verb.
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.

En-sue′

,
Verb.
I.
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result;
as, an
ensuing
conclusion or effect; the year
ensuing
was a cold one.
So spoke the Dame, but no applause
ensued
.
Pope.
Syn. – To follow; pursue; succeed. See
Follow
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ensue

ENSU'E

,
Verb.
T.
[L. sequor, to follow. See Seek.]
To follow; to pursue.
Seek peace,and ensue it. l Pet.3.
[In this sense, it is obsolete.]

ENSU'E

,
Verb.
I.
To follow as a consequence of premises; as, from these facts or this evidence, the argument will ensue.
1.
To follow in a train of events or course of time; to succeed; to come after. He spoke and silence ensued. We say, the ensuing age or years;the ensuing events.

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