1. (a.) Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

2. (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.

3. (n.) That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

4. (n.) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

5. (n.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

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