ensue

English

Etymology

Late 14c., from Old French ensu-, preposition stem of ensivre (“follow close upon, come afterward”) (French ensuivre), from Latin īnsequere, from īnsequi (“to pursue, follow, follow after; come next”), from in- (“upon”) (see in-) + sequi (“follow”) (see sequel).

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /enˈsjʉː/
• (RP) IPA: /enˈsjuː/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɛnˈsuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

ensue (third-person singular simple present ensues, present participle ensuing, simple past and past participle ensued)

1. (obsolete) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].

2. To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.

   Take three freshmen, 6 bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.

Translations

to have as consequence

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: последвам (bg) (posledvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 接踵而來, simpl. 接踵而来 (jiēzhǒng ér lái)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: erop volgen (nl), daarop volgen (nl)
• Esperanto: rezulti (eo), sekvi (eo)
• Finnish: seurata (fi), olla seurauksena
• French: résulter (fr), découler (fr)
• Georgian: გაყოლა (ka) (gaqola)
• German: folgen (de), ansetzen (de), erfolgen (de), nachfolgen (de)
• Greek: επακολουθώ (el) (epakoloutho)

• Hungarian: következik (hu), származik (hu), ered (hu)
• Italian: seguire (it), conseguire (it)
• Japanese: 続く (ja) (tsuzuku)
• Portuguese: resultar (pt), seguir-se (pt)
• Russian: следовать (ru) (slédovat’)
• Serbo-Croatian: slijediti (sh)
• Spanish: seguirse (es), resultar (es)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ardından gelmek (tr), doğmak (tr), izlemek (tr), sonradan gelmek (tr), sonucu olmak (tr), takip etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• seuen
• unsee