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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consequential \Con`se*quen"tial\, a.
1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference;
consequent.
All that is revealed in Scripture has a
consequential necessity of being believed . . .
because it is of divine authority. --Locke.
These kind of arguments . . . are highly
consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending
to importance; pompous; self-important; as a
consequential man. See {Consequence}, n., 4.
His stately and consequential pace. --Sir W.
Scott.
{Consequential damage} (Law)
a Damage so remote as not to be actionable
b Damage which although remote is actionable.
c Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate
result of an act
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
consequential
adj : having important issues or results; "the year's only really
consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"
[syn: {eventful}]
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