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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of
     consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
     cons['e]quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]
     1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The right was consequent to, and built on, an act
              perfectly personal.                   --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational
        deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other
        propositions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number
        of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the
        axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but
        the two poles at the extremities.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Consequent \Con"se*quent\, a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of
     consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F.
     cons['e]quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]
     1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
  
              The right was consequent to, and built on, an act
              perfectly personal.                   --Locke.
  
     2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational
        deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other
        propositions.
  
     Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number
        of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the
        axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but
        the two poles at the extremities.

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