consequentialadj.n.

/kɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/

Etymology: < Latin consequentia consequence n. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of the nature of a consequence or sequel; following, esp. as an effect or result; consequent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective]

corollaryc1449

consequent1509

resulting?a1560

sequent1575

pursuant1593

following1594

ensuing1604

eventual1607

attendant1617

emergentc1619

resultant1639

resultative1645

consecutive1647

reflexed1653

redundant1654

reflex1654

consequential1655

resultive1655

attending1682

propter hoc1889

ensuant1897

sequential1899

pursuivant1941

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 6 Moneys were misimployed..in the two dishonourable treaties of Spain and Germany, and the consequential entertainments.

1704 M. Prior Let. to Boileau Despreaux 193 A consequential Ill which Freedom draws; A bad Effect, but from a noble Cause.

1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. ii. xxviii. 241 Wars and their consequential burthens.

1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 50 Each is..connected with anterior changes and..productive of consequential changes.

b. Const. on, upon, †to.

ΚΠ

1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 21 Accidents that are either inherent or consequentiall to love and melancholy.

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 94 The stipulation of obedience on our part is consequential thereupon.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 422 [The relation] of parent and child..is consequential to that of marriage.

1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 88 §26 All matters preliminary and incidental to and consequential on such trial and punishment.

2. Of the nature of a consequence merely, not direct or immediate; eventual. consequential damages: ‘losses or injuries which follow an act, but are not direct and immediate upon it’ (Wharton). also consequential loss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > consequential or indirect

oblique1528

consequential1627

deductory1655

indirect1823

spillover1953

ripple-through1962

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > not following immediately on its cause

consequential damages1738

the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > loss following an action

consequential loss1772

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 201 I finde direct, or consequentiall repugnancie, and contradiction, twixt their pretended traditions, and writings.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 222 It was harsh to inflict immediate, and direct death, for a consequential, and deductory felony.

1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 128 They have not an immediate, but only a consequential right to be heard in this.

1738 Cases King's Bench William III 635 By the Erection he [sc. the Defendant] is become liable to the Plaintiff for all the consequential Damages.

1772 Jacob's Law Dict. (ed. 9) Consequential losses, or damages, it is a fundamental principle in law and reason, that he who does the first wrong shall answer for all consequential damages.

1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. (1842) I. 546 To be utterly excluded from all its direct and all its consequential advantages.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 226 There is a difference between direct contradiction, and merely consequential or casual inconsistency.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 140/2 The Ford Taunus guarantee..excluded any consequential loss.

3. Following as an inference or conclusion. Const. on, upon (†to, of, from).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > following as a conclusion

consectary1609

consequent1638

consequential1642

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xx. 208 Their deductions, and consequentiall inferences.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 180 These are consequential to our former Conclusions.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 156. ⁋3 The genuine shoots of consequential reasoning, which grow out of some radical postulate.

1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 11 To assert what is clearly consequential of our belief.

a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in Wks. (1864) III. 533 The incidents are consequential from the premises.

1882 Gladstone in Manch. Guard. 8 Feb. A motion..consequential upon the resolution which the House has adopted.

a. Characterized by logical sequence or consistency; = consequent adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective]

logic1581

logical1588

consequential1659

consecutive1755

connected1816

consequent1849

sequential1853

1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 70 'Tis not consequentiall arguing from a not-declaring to a not-knowing.

1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 322 The Substance of this Author's reasoning..is so Solid and Consequential.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1200 Every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 135 A consistent and strictly consequential materialism.

†b. Having continuous sequence in time. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 138 It is no popish superstition, By consequential tradition To prove an article of faith.

†5. Pregnant with consequences, of consequence, important. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective]

important1444

substantious1483

sore1530

relevantc1540

importing1579

of great (little, etc.) weight1581

grave1594

dear1598

consequentious1634

concerning1641

of concern1651

consequent1659

weighty1662

interesting1711

capital1724

consequential1728

magnitudinous1777

makulu1899

operative1955

1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques i. v. 14 An Affair..of a consequential Essence.

1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 13 (note) To preside..over that consequential Branch of the King's Business.

1798 W. Hutton Life 29 No event in a man's life is more consequential than marriage.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 9 The true site of that consequential conflict.

1821 T. Campbell in New Monthly Mag. 1 6 He must withhold no consequential fact.

6. Of persons:

a. Having social consequence.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > having or conferring (high) social status

consequential1833

status1906

statusful1960

statusy1962

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 8 Mr. C. bustled about..feeling himself the most consequential man in the town.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 193 A dignity ball is a ball given by the most consequential of their coloured people [in Barbadoes].

b. Having or displaying a high opinion of one's own importance; self-important.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adjective]

buggish1536

puffya1594

important1726

self-important1732

consequential1758

self-consequent1834

gumptious1853

brussen1897

prima donna1897

prima donna-ish1926

over-inflated1934

1758 Herald No. 25. II. 168 Our women..to make him both too consequential and saucy.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 421 Goldsmith was sometimes content to be treated with an easy familiarity, but upon occasions, would be consequential and important.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 225 He here consider'd it essential To shew he could be consequential.

1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God i. iii. 42 Pampered and consequential freedmen.

†B. n. plural.

Consequential matters or inferences.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference

consequentc1374

corollaryc1374

conclusion1399

consequencec1400

inductionc1440

collection1529

sequel1565

consectary1588

inference1612

sequence1614

ratiocinationc1620

introduction1632

upshot1639

sequency1642

consequency1651

deducible1654

consequentiala1734

generalization1794

educt1816

sequitur1836

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. 29 Our Author's precious Observations out of the Lord Clarendon's History and some Consequentials.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	consequential
释义	consequentialadj.n. /kɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ Etymology: < Latin consequentia consequence n. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of the nature of a consequence or sequel; following, esp. as an effect or result; consequent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] corollaryc1449 consequent1509 resulting?a1560 sequent1575 pursuant1593 following1594 ensuing1604 eventual1607 attendant1617 emergentc1619 resultant1639 resultative1645 consecutive1647 reflexed1653 redundant1654 reflex1654 consequential1655 resultive1655 attending1682 propter hoc1889 ensuant1897 sequential1899 pursuivant1941 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 6 Moneys were misimployed..in the two dishonourable treaties of Spain and Germany, and the consequential entertainments. 1704 M. Prior Let. to Boileau Despreaux 193 A consequential Ill which Freedom draws; A bad Effect, but from a noble Cause. 1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. ii. xxviii. 241 Wars and their consequential burthens. 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 50 Each is..connected with anterior changes and..productive of consequential changes. b. Const. on, upon, †to. ΚΠ 1652 J. Hall tr. Longinus Περι Ὑψους 21 Accidents that are either inherent or consequentiall to love and melancholy. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 94 The stipulation of obedience on our part is consequential thereupon. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 422 [The relation] of parent and child..is consequential to that of marriage. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 88 §26 All matters preliminary and incidental to and consequential on such trial and punishment. 2. Of the nature of a consequence merely, not direct or immediate; eventual. consequential damages: ‘losses or injuries which follow an act, but are not direct and immediate upon it’ (Wharton). also consequential loss. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > consequential or indirect oblique1528 consequential1627 deductory1655 indirect1823 spillover1953 ripple-through1962 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > not following immediately on its cause consequential damages1738 the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > loss following an action consequential loss1772 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 201 I finde direct, or consequentiall repugnancie, and contradiction, twixt their pretended traditions, and writings. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 222 It was harsh to inflict immediate, and direct death, for a consequential, and deductory felony. 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 128 They have not an immediate, but only a consequential right to be heard in this. 1738 Cases King's Bench William III 635 By the Erection he [sc. the Defendant] is become liable to the Plaintiff for all the consequential Damages. 1772 Jacob's Law Dict. (ed. 9) Consequential losses, or damages, it is a fundamental principle in law and reason, that he who does the first wrong shall answer for all consequential damages. 1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. (1842) I. 546 To be utterly excluded from all its direct and all its consequential advantages. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 226 There is a difference between direct contradiction, and merely consequential or casual inconsistency. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 140/2 The Ford Taunus guarantee..excluded any consequential loss. 3. Following as an inference or conclusion. Const. on, upon (†to, of, from). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > following as a conclusion consectary1609 consequent1638 consequential1642 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xx. 208 Their deductions, and consequentiall inferences. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 180 These are consequential to our former Conclusions. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 156. ⁋3 The genuine shoots of consequential reasoning, which grow out of some radical postulate. 1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 11 To assert what is clearly consequential of our belief. a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in Wks. (1864) III. 533 The incidents are consequential from the premises. 1882 Gladstone in Manch. Guard. 8 Feb. A motion..consequential upon the resolution which the House has adopted. 4. a. Characterized by logical sequence or consistency; = consequent adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] logic1581 logical1588 consequential1659 consecutive1755 connected1816 consequent1849 sequential1853 1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 70 'Tis not consequentiall arguing from a not-declaring to a not-knowing. 1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 322 The Substance of this Author's reasoning..is so Solid and Consequential. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1200 Every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 135 A consistent and strictly consequential materialism. †b. Having continuous sequence in time. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 138 It is no popish superstition, By consequential tradition To prove an article of faith. †5. Pregnant with consequences, of consequence, important. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] important1444 substantious1483 sore1530 relevantc1540 importing1579 of great (little, etc.) weight1581 grave1594 dear1598 consequentious1634 concerning1641 of concern1651 consequent1659 weighty1662 interesting1711 capital1724 consequential1728 magnitudinous1777 makulu1899 operative1955 1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques i. v. 14 An Affair..of a consequential Essence. 1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 13 (note) To preside..over that consequential Branch of the King's Business. 1798 W. Hutton Life 29 No event in a man's life is more consequential than marriage. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. Pref. 9 The true site of that consequential conflict. 1821 T. Campbell in New Monthly Mag. 1 6 He must withhold no consequential fact. 6. Of persons: a. Having social consequence. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > having or conferring (high) social status consequential1833 status1906 statusful1960 statusy1962 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. i. 8 Mr. C. bustled about..feeling himself the most consequential man in the town. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 193 A dignity ball is a ball given by the most consequential of their coloured people [in Barbadoes]. b. Having or displaying a high opinion of one's own importance; self-important. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adjective] buggish1536 puffya1594 important1726 self-important1732 consequential1758 self-consequent1834 gumptious1853 brussen1897 prima donna1897 prima donna-ish1926 over-inflated1934 1758 Herald No. 25. II. 168 Our women..to make him both too consequential and saucy. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 421 Goldsmith was sometimes content to be treated with an easy familiarity, but upon occasions, would be consequential and important. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master viii. 225 He here consider'd it essential To shew he could be consequential. 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God i. iii. 42 Pampered and consequential freedmen. †B. n. plural. Consequential matters or inferences. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference consequentc1374 corollaryc1374 conclusion1399 consequencec1400 inductionc1440 collection1529 sequel1565 consectary1588 inference1612 sequence1614 ratiocinationc1620 introduction1632 upshot1639 sequency1642 consequency1651 deducible1654 consequentiala1734 generalization1794 educt1816 sequitur1836 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. 29 Our Author's precious Observations out of the Lord Clarendon's History and some Consequentials. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1627
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