ensue

Ensue is defined as to happen directly after or as a result of something.

(verb)

An example of ensue is an audience clapping after a great performance.

See ensue in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb ensued, ensuing

Origin: ME ensuen < stem of OFr ensuivre < VL *insequere < L insequi < in- + sequi, to follow: see sequent

transitive verb

Archaic to strive for; follow; pursue

See ensue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ensuen

Origin: , from Old French ensuivre, ensu-

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *īnsequere

Origin: , from Latin īnsequī, to follow closely

Origin: : in-, intensive pref.; see en-¹

Origin: + sequī, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots

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