[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENSUE, in various senses.
1561. Norton & Sackv., Gorboduc, I. i. (1565), A viij b. In right ensuynge of your life.
1581. J. Bell, Haddons Answ. Osor., 103 b. The ensuyng of whose studious industry we do not neglect.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell., viii. (1628), 242. A iust insuing of the vse of reason.