单词 | ensue |
释义 | ensuev. a. transitive. To follow in (a person's steps); to follow (a leader, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] followeOE asuec1300 suec1300 underfollow1382 succeedc1485 ensue?a1500 suit1582 to traik after1818 trail1915 ?a1500 Flower Womanhede in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 43 Whos stepes glade to ensue Ys eueri woman in their degre. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. gg.ivv And xv. ladyes her dyd ensue. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) sig. s.iii The for tensue, that art theyr lode sterre. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. H8v Whom straight the Prince ensuing, in together far'd. View more context for this quotation a1626 L. Andrewes Serm. 147 All that have ensued the steppes of their faith. b. absol. and intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] followOE to follow ona1325 suec1390 ensuec1500 to follow alonga1594 tag1676 hark after1899 c1500 New Not-br. Mayd 235 I must ensue Where fortune doth me lede. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ii. xi. 77 Nere at my bak, Creusa my spous ensewis. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xx. 27 Which pricketh forward to ensue in their fathers steps. a. figurative. To follow the guidance of (a person, etc.); to imitate (an example); to follow (inclination, passion, etc.), conform to (advice, orders). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > follow advice, example, etc. followOE counterfeitc1405 to shoot atc1407 ensue1430 enfollowc1449 to follow suit with1655 to follow the lead of1863 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. x I am so dull certayne that I ne can Guido ensewe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 47 Tho philosophres ensieweth better Plato than Aristotle. ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. B iiijv In thys they ensued Chrystes lyuyng & hys doctryne. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance v. f. 8v All honorable women ensued the empresses exaumple. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 88 While these receiu'd opinions I ensue. a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 7 Seruauntes ought not to ensue Theyr owne wyll. ΚΠ 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 The propritees of thynges folowe & ensewe their substaunces. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §19 An ordenance..insewing muche the olde auncient customes of this realme in that behalfe. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 13 a The recompense shall ensue the loss. a. To follow with the intention of overtaking; to pursue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue followOE driveOE to go after ——OE to come after——c1275 pursuec1300 suec1300 catcha1325 chasec1330 enchasec1380 to pursue aftera1387 ensuea1513 subsecute1548 prosecute1549 jass1577 course1587 to make after ——a1592 scorse1596 chevya1825 to take out after1865 shag1913 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xi. sig. d.ii This venerable prynce, ensuynge this great harte Approched to his cell. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 125 b To ensue them that flee. b. figurative. To follow or seek after, strive to obtain, aim at. archaic. Also †intransitive with after. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton 2 b Eschewe alle vyces and ensiewe vertue. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxiii. 14 Let him seke peace and ensue it. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. A4v To affect and ensue the meanes of it owne safety. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. II. 119 For him I desire to ensue courage. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 89 They sought truth and ensued it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, through, or out [verb (transitive)] suec1325 pursuea1393 follow1425 pass1473 prosecute?a1475 ensue1509 convey1530 persecute1546 to follow on?1557 transact1636 to follow up1659 to follow up on1927 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxi. xii But that in joye you may your youth ensue. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. iv. sig. Bviii Semblable ordre will I ensue, in the fourmynge the gentill wittes of noble mennes children. 1590 E. Spenser To Sir I. Norris in Faerie Queene sig. Qq4 And Precedent of all that armes ensue. 1592 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (rev. ed.) ii. iv. 148 But yet, because the matter will best appeare by particularitie, I will ensue it. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K5v They are not pauled with insuing idle cogitations. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeed or follow [verb (transitive)] followOE suec1400 ensue1491 succeed?1526 sequel1594 pursue1658 supervene1661 survene1665 succeed1687 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 20 §5 By the space of ij monethes next ensuyng any of the seid festis. 1542 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 168 The feast..next insuying the date herof. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 159 How long it was ere that the flood insued the creation of the world. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 54 And let the rest in order thee ensew. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 16 What are these Aggreeuances..that..ensued that desperate Plot? 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 89 Him Erkenwald ensues th' East English Offa's sonne. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. Prol. sig. B4 For three hundred yeeres next ensuing the Normans. b. intransitive. Of a portion of time, part of a book or discourse: To be subsequent. Of an event, a state of things: To occur or arise subsequently. Chiefly implying immediate succession. Cf. ensuing adj.The phrase next ensuing, now somewhat pleonastic, is still in formal use with reference to dates. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > ensue or come next [verb (intransitive)] followOE succeedc1450 ensue1485 supervene1636 survene1666 to roll on ——1681 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. aiij/2 The ÿ book whyche conteyneth thre partyes by chapytres ensyewyng declared. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iii The Cronycle shall ensewe In his dewe ordre. 1528 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 265 To be disposed in maner and forme that ensuyeth. 1559 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 139 Gouernors of the sayd hospytalles for the yere now next insuynge. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 91 The yeare insuing. 1591 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 96 The copie of wch said Letter ensueth. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 991 Now dreadful deeds Might have ensu'd . View more context for this quotation 1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 195 These and the words ensuing. 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 74 On Saturday the 15th of October next ensuing. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 36 Bleak Winds and Storms ensue, they [the Flowrs] droop, they dy. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 204/1 Several skirmishes ensued in the difficult passes. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xvii. 320 Conversations..ensued thereon between Baldwin and his courtiers. ΚΠ 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 107 b Then they should giue two nights ensuing at midnight a signe with fire, etc. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] comeeOE followOE suec1390 enda1400 ensuec1530 redound1565 to come on ——1568 to fall out upon1579 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kiv v Surfet, ensuynge glotony. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Aviij Such lyke blame That doth ensue outragiouse spence. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 153 The accidents that followe, are like to those which ensue the bytings of Vipers. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 2 By peace [may be meant] the content..ensuing such a course of actions. 1743 H. Fielding Ess. Conversat. in Misc. I. 122 Nor would any Inconvenience ensue the Admittance of such Exceptions. b. intransitive. To follow as a result; to result. Const. †by, from, †of, on, upon. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] followOE sue?c1225 arisec1275 fallc1300 result?a1425 ensue1483 enfollow1485 issuea1500 rebounda1500 succeed1537 terminate1613 concludea1639 depend1655 eventuate1814 ultimatec1834 come1884 translate1919 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B iij The grete multitude of synnes whyche ensueth and cometh thereof. 1525 E. Lee in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 71 I need not advertise your Grace what infection & danger may ensue hereby. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man (1631) The service of God, whereof ensueth the enjoying of his heavenly kingdome. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 434 From the Wound ensu'd no Purple Flood. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 318 What devastation might not ensue were the elephant..as fierce..as the tiger. 1837 G. Bird Elem. Nat. Philos. 238 Decomposition of water will, of course, ensue, and hydrogen will be evolved. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxv. 181 That out of distance might ensue Desire of nearness doubly sweet. c. To proceed, issue from. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F6v Soules of men, from that great soule ensue. 7. intransitive. To follow as a logical conclusion. Usually impersonal with virtual subject-clause. rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > it is proved [verb (impersonal)] probatum est1526 ensue1581 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha iv. iv. 399 It doeth of necessitie ensue, that he, etc. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 29 Doth it therefore ensue that you should loue his Sonne deerelie? View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1430 |
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