Definition of consequent

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Consequent (n.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent..

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Therefore :: Therefore (adv.) Consequently; by consequence.
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..
Consequentialness :: Consequentialness (n.) The quality of being consequential.
Ergo :: Ergo (conj. / adv.) Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..
Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..
Deductible :: Deductible (a.) Deducible; consequential.
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..
Accordingly :: Accordingly (adv.) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..
Consectary :: Consectary (a.) Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect..
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..
Inconsequential :: Inconsequential (a.) Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence..
Sequent :: Sequent (a.) Following as an effect; consequent.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent..
Consequent :: Consequent (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference..
Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Attainder :: Attainder (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder..
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..
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