ensue

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=sue

CIDE DICTIONARY

ensue, v. t. [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.].

 To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.  1 Pet. iii. 11.  [1913 Webster]
"To ensue his example in doing the like mischief."  [1913 Webster]

ensue, v. i. 

 To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.  [1913 Webster]
"So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued."  [1913 Webster]
"Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed."

Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ensue, v.intr.
1 happen afterwards.
2 (often foll. by from, on) occur as a result.

Etymology

ME f. OF ensuivre ult. f. L sequi follow

THESAURUS

ensue

attend, become of, c, come about, come after, come next, come of, come on, come out, derive, develop, displace, emanate, end, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, follow after, follow up, go after, inherit, issue, overtake, pan out, proceed, prove, prove to be, replace, result, stem, succeed, supervene, terminate, track, trail, turn out, unfold, work out

ROGET THESAURUS

ensue

Sequence

VB succeed, come after, come on, come next, follow, ensue, step into the shoes of, alternate, place after, suffix, append, follow, pursue, go after, fly after, attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog, tread in the steps of, tread close upon, be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of, follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of, tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of, camp on the trail.

Posteriority

VB follow after, come after, go after, succeed, supervene, ensue, occur, step into the shoes of.

Eventuality

VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.