Consecute(v. t.) To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.
Consecution(n.) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
Consecution(n.) A succession or series of any kind.
Consecutive(a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.
Consecutive(a.) Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
Consecutive(a.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden.
Consecutively(adv.) In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.
Consecutiveness(n.) The state or quality of being consecutive.
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