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<hw>Con"sec*ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consectarius</ets>, fr. <ets>consectari</ets> to follow after eagerly; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sectari</ets> to follow eagerly, fr. <ets>sequi</ets> to follow.]</ety> <def>Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Consectary</i> impieties."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Consectary</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"sec*ta*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Consecute</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*cute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Consecution</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con`se*cu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consecutio</ets>. See <er>Consequent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A succession or series of any kind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir I. Newton.</i>

<cs><col>Month of consecution</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.</cd></cs>

<h1>Consecutive</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sec"u*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cons\'82cutif</ets>. See <er>Consequent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; <as>as, fifty <ex>consecutive</ex> years</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.</def>

<blockquote>The actions of a man <b>consecutive</b> to volition. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; <as>as, <ex>consecutive</ex> fifths, or <ex>consecutive</ex> octaves, which are forbidden</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Consecutive chords</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>chords of the same kind suceeding one another without interruption.</cd></cs>

<h1>Consecutively</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sec"u*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.</def>

<h1>Consecutiveness</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sec"u*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being consecutive.</def>

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<hw>Con*sen"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consensio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Agreement; accord.</def>

<i>Bentley.</i>

<h1>Consensual</h1> <Xpage=306>