0 past simple and past participle of ensue
1 to happen after something else, especially as a result of it:
The police attacked the women and a fracas ensued.
But there rapidly ensued a series of adaptations.
Not surprisingly, a kind of anarchy ensued, each student grasping for individual advantage.
A deadlock ensued, in which no solution was agreed, and the threat of federal intervention remained.
Not all members have been able to attend all meetings but lively discussion has always ensued.
Consequently, panic would not have ensued and the free fall of the currency, with its costly sequel, could have been avoided.
Infestations with single ticks have been established experimentally and mild infections have sometimes ensued.
Couched in semi-religious terms, the 'veiled' discourse that ensued served to remove the focus from the circumscription of the female body.