Part 2301

<blockquote>A sense of your own worth and <b>consequence</b>. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In consequence</col>, <cd>hence; for this cause.</cd> -- <col>In consequence of</col>, <cd>by reason of; as the effect of.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Effect; result; end. See <er>Effect</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Con"se*quen`cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Drawing inference.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Con"se*quent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consequens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>consequi</ets> to follow; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sequi to follow</ets>: <ets>cf</ets>. <ets>F</ets>. <ets>cons\'82quent</ets>. See <er>Second</er>, and cf. <er>Consecution</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.</def>

<blockquote>The right was <b>consequent</b> to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; <as>as, a proposition <ex>consequent</ex> to other propositions</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Consequent points</col>, <col>Consequent poles</col></mcol> <fld>(Magnetism)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Con"se*quent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.</def>

<blockquote>They were ill-governed, which is always a <b>consequent</b> of ill payment. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The second term of a ratio, as the term <i>b</i> in the ratio <mathex>a:b</mathex>, the first <i>a</i>, being the <i>antecedent</i>.</def>

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<hw>Con`se*quen"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequenment.</def>

<blockquote>All that is revealed in Scripture has a <b>consequential</b> necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These kind of arguments . . . are highly <b>consequential</b> and concludent to my purpose. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; <as>as, a <ex>consequential</ex> man</as>. See <er>Consequence</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<blockquote>His stately and <b>consequential</b> pace. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Consequential damage</col> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Damage so remote as not to be actionable</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Damage which although remote is actionable.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Con`se*quen"tial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.</def>

<blockquote>The faculty of writing <b>consequentially</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; <as>as, to do a thing <ex>consequentially</ex></as>.</def>

<i>South.</i>