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consentaneous

consentaneous adjective: done or made by general consent; widely agreed or approved.

Adjective

consentaneous (comparative more consentaneous, superlative most consentaneous)

  1. Done or made by general consent; widely agreed or approved.
  2. Agreeable; suited.
    • VVe underſtand in this place, by Art, a methodical Knovvledge of ſuch Precepts as are conſentaneous one to another. And therefore, ſince Ethicks are that Art vve deſign to treat of, our Precepts muſt all partake thereof, and all conduce thereunto; for elſe they vvould not be conſentaneous.1688 September (date written), Henry More, “What Ethicks or Morals are”, in R. W. [pseudonym; Edward Southwell], transl., An Account of Virtue: Or, Dr. Henry More’s Abridgment of Morals, Put into...

Forms of consentaneous

comparativemore consentaneous
superlativemost consentaneous

Origin of consentaneous

Learned borrowing from Latin consentaneus + English -aneous. Consentaneus is derived from consentire (“to agree”).

Words formed from consentaneous

Questions about consentaneous

What does consentaneous mean?
Consentaneous means done or made by general consent; widely agreed or approved.
What part of speech is consentaneous?
Consentaneous is an adjective.

Words near consentaneous in the dictionary

  1. consent search
  2. consent searches
  3. consentability
  4. consentable
  5. consentaneity
  6. consentaneous
  7. consentaneously
  8. consentaneousness
  9. consented
  10. consentedst
  11. consentee

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