The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consentaneous \Con`sen*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. consentaneus.] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.
A good law and consentaneous to reason.
--Howell.
-- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness,
n.
Wiktionary
a. 1 done or made by general consent, widely agreed/approved 2 agreeable, suited
WordNet
adj. in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn: consentient, unanimous]
Usage examples of "consentaneous".
If the grounds of an opinion are not conclusive to the person’s own reason, his reason cannot be strengthened, but is likely to be weakened by his adopting it: and if the inducements to an act are not such as are consentaneous to his own feelings and character (where affection, or the rights of others are not concerned), it is so much done towards rendering his feelings and character inert and torpid, instead of active and energetic.
The truth is that our proceedings will then be consentaneous with the interests of the majority, and so they ought to be.