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Ensued

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.

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ensued

vb. (en-past of: ensue)

Usage examples of "ensued".

No movement ensued, but some few of the glands were blackened and shrivelled, whilst many became quite pale.

Thus, from the war between John of Anjou and King Ferrando, originated those serious enmities and hatreds which ensued between Ferrando and the Florentines, particularly the house of Medici.

But after so long an interval aggregation would have ensued, whatever had caused inflection.

Immediately afterwards bits of meat were placed on three glands, but no movement ensued in the course of 18 m.

Ampris said, breaking the heavy silence that ensued, "the organ was developed by an Optherian for Optherian purposes and is, in fact, unique to our planet.

The captain muttered unhappily when he saw how far they were from the misbegotten bubble, and an unhappy silence ensued in the bridge until they had returned close enough to examine the phenomenon.

The argument that ensued was heard by nearly everyone on the rectangle as the two voices, one baritone and one contralto, rose in volume and piercing clarity.

Finder remarked in the silence that ensued, "I've heard it said that no holdless man is turned away.

As he limped off the stage, feeble brief handclapping ensued, with more catcalls.

What ensued was the world's biggest tank and air battle, and a total fiasco.

The public reaction that gradually ensued, and the establishment of the War, Refugee Board, are facts.

The Florentine forces met him on his approach to Lucca, and at the passage of the Serchio a battle ensued, in which they were routed, the commissary with a few of his men escaping to Pisa.

They met near Imola, where a battle ensued, in which the Florentines and Venetians were routed, and Niccolo da Tolentino was sent prisoner to Milan where, either through grief for his loss or by some unfair means, he died in a few days.

Alfonso hearing of this, augmented his own naval force, went in person to meet the Genoese, and coming up with them near the island of Ponzio, an engagement ensued, in which the Aragonese were defeated, and Alfonso, with many of the princes of his suite, made prisoners, and sent by the Genoese to the Filippo.

Hard words were exchanged and hostilities might have ensued between the Florentine and ecclesiastical forces, if the misunderstanding had continued much longer.