ensue

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To follow ( a leader, inclination etc.)

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

To occur afterwards, as a result or effect

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

{v} to follow, pursue, succeed, arise
If something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as a result of it. If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue A brief but embarrassing silence ensued. = follow. to happen after or as a result of something ensue from (ensuivre, from suivre )
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc ); end; "result in tragedy"
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
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake
{f} follow as a consequence of, happen as a result of
ensued
Simple past tense and past participle of ensue
ensuing
Present participle of ensue
ensuing
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event

We watched the derailment and ensuing train wreck with a mixture of fascination and horror.

ensued
past of ensue
ensues
third-person singular of ensue
ensuing
{s} following as a consequence of, happening as a result of
ensuing
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some stimulus or event
ensuing
Ensuing months or years follow the time you are talking about. The two companies grew tenfold in the ensuing ten years. happening after a particular action or event, especially as a result of it the ensuing battle/conflict/debate etc
ensuing
following immediately and as a result of what went before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction
ensuing
Ensuing events happen immediately after other events. The ensuing argument had been bitter. any ensuing problems
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