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ensew

ensew is the obsolete form of ensue.

Meaning of ensue

Verb

ensue (third-person singular simple present ensues, present participle ensuing, simple past and past participle ensued)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
    • to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
    • Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.11
    Synonyms:
    come after
  3. (intransitive) To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
    • Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.
    Synonyms:
    arise, follow

Forms of ensew

third-person singular presentensews
present participleensewing
past participleensewed
pastensewed

Questions about ensew

What is ensew the obsolete form of?
Ensew is the obsolete form of ensue.

Words near ensew in the dictionary

  1. enses
  2. enset
  3. ensete
  4. ensetes
  5. ensets
  6. ensew
  7. ensewed
  8. ensewing
  9. ensews
  10. Ensey
  11. Enseys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ensew (page history and authors); ensue (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.

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