Word.ws English Dictionary

consecutes

consecutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consecute.

Meaning of consecute

Verb

consecute (third-person singular simple present consecutes, present participle consecuting, simple past and past participle consecuted)

  1. (obsolete) To follow closely; to endeavour to overtake; to pursue.
    • For, as ferr as I can lerne, few men hitherto, being here in any auctoritie, hath finally consecuted favors and thankes, but rather the contrarie, with povertie for theire farewell.1536, L. Gray, State papers [of] King Henry the Eighth

Questions about consecutes

What is consecutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Consecutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consecute.

Words near consecutes in the dictionary

  1. consectary
  2. consectator
  3. consectators
  4. consecute
  5. consecuted
  6. consecutes
  7. consecuting
  8. consecutio temporum
  9. consecution
  10. consecutions
  11. consecutive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: consecutes (page history and authors); consecute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “consecutes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/consecutes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.