ensued
- 1Simple past and past participle of ensue.
When the referee reversed the call, a heated argument ensued between the two coaches.
The treaty broke down, and years of bitter conflict ensued.
Note
One spelling does double duty, as simple past (an argument ensued) and as past participle (an argument had ensued). Because the living verb is intransitive, the participle appears with have and never in a passive: nothing is "ensued by" anything. The older transitive uses, ensuing a leader or ensuing an event in time, are obsolete, so write "followed the treaty", not "ensued the treaty"; ensued stands alone, usually closing its clause.
ensued is a form of ensue
ensue, verb: To occur afterward as a result or effect of something that came before. Full entry
- Spelling
- ensue → ensued: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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