consentaneous

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word consentaneous. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word consentaneous, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say consentaneous in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word consentaneous you have here. The definition of the word consentaneous will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofconsentaneous, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin consentaneus + English -aneous. Consentaneus is derived from consentire (to agree).

Adjective

consentaneous (comparative more consentaneous, superlative most consentaneous)

  1. Done or made by general consent; widely agreed or approved.
  2. Agreeable; suited.
    • 1688 September (date written), Henry More, “What Ethicks or Morals are”, in R. W. , transl., An Account of Virtue: Or, Dr. Henry More’s Abridgment of Morals, Put into English, London: Benj Tooke, published 1690, →OCLC, book I, paragraph I, page 1:
      VVe underſtand in this place, by Art, a methodical Knovvledge of ſuch Precepts as are conſentaneous one to another. And therefore, ſince Ethicks are that Art vve deſign to treat of, our Precepts muſt all partake thereof, and all conduce thereunto; for elſe they vvould not be conſentaneous.

Derived terms