Definition of consequent

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Consequent (n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect..

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Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..
Nirvana :: Nirvana (n.) In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism..
Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt..
Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..
Deductible :: Deductible (a.) Deducible; consequential.
Ergo :: Ergo (conj. / adv.) Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
Consectary :: Consectary (a.) Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal..
Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following as a result, inference, or natural effect..
Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right..
Telestich :: Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic..
Eventtual :: Eventtual (a.) Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential.
Parallelogram :: Parallelogram (n.) A right-lined quadrilateral figure, whose opposite sides are parallel, and consequently equal; -- sometimes restricted in popular usage to a rectangle, or quadrilateral figure which is longer than it is broad, and with right angles..
Consequently :: Consequently (adv.) By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.
Whereas :: Whereas (conj.) When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent..
Pressor :: Pressor (a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor..
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