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Con*sen`ta*ne"i*ty (?), n. Mutual agreement. [R.]

Con`sen*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. consentaneus.] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.

-- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.

Con*sent"ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of consentir.] Consenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Con*sent"er (?), a. One who consents.

Con*sen"tient (?), a. [L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent.] Agreeing in mind; accordant.

The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.

Con*sent"ing*ly (?), adv. With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor.

Con"se*quence (?), n. [L., consequentia: cf. F. consÚquence. See Consequent.] 1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence. Milton.

2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton.

Link follows link by necessary consequence. Coleridge.

4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

It is a matter of small consequence. Shak.

A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper.

In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of.

Syn. -- Effect; result; end. See Effect.

Con"se*quen`cing (?), n. Drawing inference. [R.] Milton.

Con"se*quent (?), a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. consÚquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.

Con"se*quent, n. 1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies.

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.