consequencet (konsekwens)

i. [ Moses condescends... to such a methodical and school-like way of defining and consequencing. Milton , Tetrachord on. consequent (kon'sē-kwent), a. and n. [ consequent , F. conséquent = Sp. consecuente = Pg. consequente = It. conse quente = D. konsekwent = G. consequent = Dan. konsekvent , consequent, consequen (t-)s, following, consequent (ML. also as a noun, a consequent, apodosis, tr. Gr. ἑπόμενον), prop. ppr. of consequi , follow after, pursue, follow a cause as an effect (> Sp. Pg. conseguir , obtain, = It. conseguire , obtain, follow), com- , together, + sequi , follow: see sequent , second , and cf. subse quent.] I. a. 1. Following as an effect or result, or as a nece ary inference; having a relation of sequence: with on , or rarely to : as, the war and the consequent poverty; the poverty consequent on the war. The right was consequent to , and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke. He had arrived on the eve of a general election, and during the excitement of political changes consequent upon the murder of Mr. Percival. Lady Holland, in Sydney Smith, vi. 2t. Following in time; subsequent. Thy memory, After thy life, in brazen characters Shall monumentally be register'd To ages consequent . Beau, and Fl . , Knight of Malta, v. 2. 3. Characterized by correctne of inference or connectedne of reasoning; logical: as, a con sequent action. The intensity of her [Dorothea's] religious disposition. was but one aspect of a nature altogether ardent, theoretic, and intellectually consequent. George Eliot , Middle march, L. 32. 1206 poles of a magnet. See magnet. II. n. [ consequente , n.; from the adj.] 1. Effect or result; that which proceeds from a cause; outcome. [Rare or obsolete.] Those envies that I see pursue me Of all true actions are the natural consequents . Chapman and Shirley , Chabot, Admiral of France, ii. Death is not a consequent to any sin but our own. Avarice is the nece ary consequent of old age. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 772. Swift, Gulliver's Travels, iii. 10. A world's lifetime with its incidents and consequents is but a progre ive cooling. Winchell , World-Life, p. 538. 2. In logic : (a) That member of a hypothetical proposition which contains the conclusion. See antecedent. (b) The conclusion of a consequence, or nece ary inference conceived as consisting of an antecedent (or premise) and a consequent (or conclusion), and as governed by a consequence (or principle of consecution). -. In music , same as comes , 3.- Consequent of a ratio, in math . , the latter of the two terms of a ratio, or that with which the antecedent is compared. Thus, in the ratiom: n , orm to n, n is the consequent and m the antecedent. Fallacy of the consequent, See fallacy. consequential (kon-se-kwen's hal), a. and n. [ We sometimes wrangle when we should debate; A consequential ill which freedom draws; A bad effect, but from a noble cause. Prior. The expansion of trade and production, and the conse quential increase of social and national well-being. Edinburgh Rev. , CLXIV. 30. 21. Having the consequence properly connected with the premises; logically correct; conclusive. Though these arguments may seem obscure, yet, upon a due consideration of them, they are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 3. A uming airs of consequence or great self importance, or characterized by such affectation; conceited; pompous: applied to persons and their manners. Goldsmith was sometimes content to be treated with an easy familiarity, but upon occasions would be consequen tial and important. Boswell, Johnson (æt. 64). Scott. His stately and consequential pace. Consequential lo es or damages, in law , such lo es or damages as arise not immediately from the act complained of, but as a result of it. II. n. An inference; a deduction; a conclusion. [Rare.] It may be thought superfluous to spend so many words upon our author's precious observations out of the Lord Clarendon's History, and some consequent i als , as I have done. Roger North , Examen, p. 29. consequentially (kon-se-kwen's hal-i), adv. 1. In a connected series; in the order of cause and effe effect, or of antecedent and consequent. 2. With correct deduction of consequences; with right connection of ideas; connectedly; coherently. The faculty of writing consequentially. Add is on , Whig Examiner, No. 4. 3. In sequence or course of time; hence, not immediately; eventually. This relation is so nece ary that God himself can not discharge a rational creature from it; although consequen tially indeed he may do so by the annihilation of such South . creatures. 4. Consecutively; in due order and connection. and dreamt consequentially, and in continuous unbroken Were a man a king in his dreams, and a beggar awake, schemes, would he be in reality a king or a beggar? Add is on, 5. With a umed importance; with conceit; pompously; pretentiously. He adjusts his cravat consequentially. R. R. Peake, Court and City, iv. 1. [Now rare in all senses but the last.] consequentialne (kon-se-kwen's hal-nes), n. 1. The quality of being consequential or consecutive, as in discourse. [Rare.] -2. Conceit; pompousne ; pretentiousne ; the a umption of dignity or importance. consequently (kon'sē-kwent-li), adv. 1. By consequence; by the connection of cause and effect or of antecedent and consequent; in consequence of something; therefore.. Man was originally immortal, and it was consequently a part of his nature to cherish the hope of an undying life. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 204. 21. Subsequently. Hee was visited and saluted: and consequently was brought vnto the Kings and Queenes maiesties presence. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 287. =Syn, Wherefore, Accordingly, etc. See therefore. lar connection of propositions; consecutivene of disc our so; logicalne . The consequent ne of the whole body of the doctrine. Sir K. Digby , Ded. of Nature of Man's Soul. consertion (kon-ser's hon), n. [ tio (n-), consertus , put together, com- , together, + serere , bind, join. Cf. concert.] Junction; adaptation; conformity. [Rare.] What order, beauty, motion, distance, size, Consertion of design, how exquisite! Young , Night Thoughts, ix. conservable (kon-ser'va-bl), a . [ vabilis , conservare , keep: see conserve , v .] That may be conserved; able to be kept or preserved from decay or injury. conservancy (kon-ser'van-si), n. [ servant i a , conservan ( t- ) s , ppr.: see conser vant .] The act of preserving; conservation; preservation: as, the conservancy of forests. Conservancy has been introduced in time to preserve many of the advantages they [forests] are calculated to afford, [and] to make them a considerable source of revenue to the state. Encyc. Brit ., IX. 404. Court of conservancy, a court held by the Lord Mayor of London for the preservation of the fishery on the Thames.