ensue
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Is ensue a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).Examples: "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 ensue his example in doynge the like mischiefe."obsoletetransitive
2. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.Examples: "Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!"Synonyms: come afterobsoletetransitive
3. (intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.Examples: "Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue."; "After ſo bad a beginning, whats like to inſue?"; "Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness."Synonyms: arise, followintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary