Part 2300

<syn>Syn. -- Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See <er>Assent</er>.</syn>

<cs><col>Age of consent</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.</cd></cs>

<h1>Consentaneity</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sen`ta*ne"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mutual agreement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Consentaneous</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con`sen*ta"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consentaneus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.</def>

<blockquote>A good law and <b>consentaneous</b> to reason. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Consentant</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sent"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., p. pr. of <ets>consentir</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consenting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Consenter</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sent"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>One who consents.</def>

<h1>Consentient</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sen"tient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consentients</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Consent</er>.]</ety> <def>Agreeing in mind; accordant.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>consentient</b> judgment of the church. <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consentingly</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con*sent"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With consent; in a compliant manner.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consequence</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"se*quence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>consequentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cons\'82quence</ets>. See <er>Consequent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.</def>

<blockquote>Shun to taste, And shun the bitter <b>consequence</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Chain of causes and effects; consecution.</def>

<blockquote>Such fatal <b>consequence</b> unites us three. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Link follows link by necessary <b>consequence</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.</def>

<blockquote>It is a matter of small <b>consequence</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>