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consentaneous, a.|kɒnsɛnˈteɪniːəs|
[f. L. consentāne-us agreeing, accordant (f. consent-īre to agree, accord) + -ous.]
1. Agreeing, accordant; agreeable, suited.
1652French Yorksh. Spa vi. 61 [A] Principle, of a consentaneous, suitable, and saline nature. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. vii. §31 No element that is pure and without mixture, is consentaneous for nourishing.
b. Const. to (unto), with.
1625Heylin Microcosmos 466 Which report is not consentaneous to truth. 1669Boyle Cont. New Exp. ii. (1682) 135 'Tis consentaneous to reason to judge, that, etc. 1714Derham Astro-Theol. vii. vii. (1769) 187 Consentaneous to what I have taken notice of in Jupiter. 1802Edin. Rev. I. 36 Consentaneous with the opinion of Sir William Jones. 1859Mill Liberty iii. 105 Inducements..consentaneous to his own feelings. 1873H. Rogers Orig. Bible iv. (ed. 3) 173 Statements of scripture with which it is so consentaneous.
2. Done by common consent, unanimous, concurrent, simultaneous.
1774Fletcher Fictitious Creed x. Wks. 1795 III. 348 Let Reason and Revelation hold out to thee their consentaneous light. 1808–17Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. lxxiii. 407 A linked and consentaneous action. 1845McCulloch Taxation ii. x. (1852) 352 Increase in the consumption of coffee..with a very material consentaneous increase in the consumption of tea. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §67 (1879) 69 The two pairs will not exhibit any consentaneous motions. |