Consequence

kon′se-kwens, n. that which follows or comes after as a result: effect: influence: importance: ( pl. ) a round game describing the meeting of a lady and gentleman and its consequences, each player in turn writing a part of the story, not knowing what the others have written.— v.i. ( Milt. ) to draw inferences.— adj. Con′sequent , following as a natural effect or deduction.— n. that which follows: the natural effect of a cause.— adj. Consequen′tial , following as a result: casual: pompous.— advs. Consequen′tially ; Con′sequently . [Fr.,—L. consequi — con , together, and sequi , to follow.]