a. Obs.0 [f. L. consectāne-us following closely, consequent (f. consectārī to follow closely) + -OUS.] ‘Succeeding, following as by consequence’ (Ash, 1775).

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Consectaneous, which follows others. [Thence 1846 in Worcester; and in later Dicts.]

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