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consecution|kɒnsɪˈkjuːʃən| Also 6 -cusion, 6–7 -quution, -qution. [ad. L. consecūtiōn-em, n. of action from consequī: see prec. Also in F. from 16th c. (Littré).] 1. Proceeding in argument from one proposition to another which follows from it; logical sequence; inference; a train of reasoning. reciprocal consecution: the relation of two facts either of which follows from the other.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 454/1 As this argument or consecusion is trew. 1565J. Calfhill Answ. Treat. Cross (1846) 100 What a consecution is this..‘The Crucifix is prefigured in Moses, in the Prophets, and in the time of Christ: therefore no remedy but a Crucifix must be had in the church.’ 1652Gaule Magastrom. 189 Not necessary, nor of any rational consecution. 1709Berkeley Th. Vision §108, I do not, by any necessary consecution..judge of the number of things tangible from the number of things visible. †b. The conclusion of an argument. Obs.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. iii. 19 b, For the confirmation of the said proposition, and not as proofes of the conseqution. 1689Treat. Monarchy ii. i. 34 Suppose the Antecedent true, the Consequution is not always true. †c. The fact of following as an effect, necessary consequence. Obs.
1615Crooke Body of Man 352 If..the first muscle of the chest..do draw vp the first ribbe, then by conseqution the other distances vnder shall also in some sort be dilated. 1649Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. i. 91 While they draw the Arme by a certaine kind of Consequution they lead the Scapula..together with it. 2. Succession, sequence (of events or phenomena).
1651Biggs New Disp. Pref. 7 Where is there an examination and a consecution of Experiments? 1792G. Wakefield Enquiry 59 Preferring chronological consecution. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxxix. (1859) II. 393 The observation of a certain number of uniform consecutions among phenomena. Ibid. xli. (1870) II. 425 Psychology proposes to exhibit the mental phænomena in their natural consecution. 1837G. S. Faber Justification 127 His next step, in regular consecution, was to speak of the Righteousness which is through faith. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. iii. 77 In all this subtle consecution of action. b. Gram. Sequence of words in a sentence, of tenses in a compound sentence.
1871Public School Lat. Gram. §195, Consecution of Tenses.—The General Rule is: Primary Tenses in the Principal Sentence are followed by Primary Tenses in the Clause: Historic by Historic. Ibid. §196 The Perfect Subjunctive is used in Primary or Historic Consecution, whenever the sense requires that Tense and Mood. 1883A. Palmer Satires of Horace Pref. 28 The solecistic rusve peregre aut (solecistic, if we consider the very rare consecution of ve—aut). c. Mus. Succession of similar intervals in harmony. Cf. consecutive 5.
1667C. Simpson Compend. Mus. 125, I..allow the Consecution of two 5ths, one of them being Imperfect. 1674Playford Skill Mus. iii. 33. 1744 J. Green Psalmody (ed. 10) 140 Consecution, two, three, or more Chords of the same kind following one another. 1875Ouseley Harmony xviii. 197 Such octaves are not..faulty consecutions. †d. month of consecution in Astr.: a ‘lunar’ or synodic month, a lunation. Obs.
1561Eden Arte Nauig. ii. xi. 38 The moneth of consecution..is more then the moneth of peragration by .2. dayes .4. houres .44. minutes. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 212 The month of Consecution..is the space betweene one conjunction of the Moon with the Sun unto another. a1697W. Holder (J.), The moon makes four quarterly seasons within her little year, or month of consecution. †3. Overtaking, attainment. Obs. rare.
1601Deacon & W. Spirits & Divels 192 The diuell can now no more hinder the saints from the consequution of glorie. |