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† ˈconsequency Obs.
Also -cie, -tie.
[ad. L. consequentia: see consequence and -ency.]
1. = consequence 2, 2 b, 3 b, consequentness.
1548R. Hutten Sum of Diuinitie C ij a, Necessitye of consequentie, as Ierusalem must be destroied. 1553Bale Gardiner's Serm. Obed. F iij, For what is the consequency?..Christ wolde haue Petre to be aboue Princes..Ergo he wolde haue the bishop of Rome to be so to. 1559Morwyng Evonym. 179 As both the consequency of the text and also the matter of the medicins do requyre. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iv. 16 A fallacious illation in reference unto antecedencie or consequencie.
2. = consequence 1, 3.
1651Biggs New Disp. Pref. 13 Consequencies from your laudable endeavours. a1718Penn Life Wks. 1726 I. 167 Our Enemies have charged their oblique Consequencies from our Principles back upon us for our very Principles. |