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To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

A succession or series of any kind. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton. Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.

essive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.

The state or quality of being consecutive.

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority. Jer. Taylor.

One who constitutes or appoints.

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.

One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.

One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke.

Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential. An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.

In a constitutive manner.

Capable of being contributed.

Contributory. [R.]

nish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor. England contributes much more than any other of the allies. Addison.

The act of contributing.