Ensign (Hastings' Dictionary)

See Banner. ENSUE Coverdale's tr. of Ps 34'* is ' Let him seke peace and ensue it ' ; and this was retained in the Bishops' Bible, and is now read in the Pr. Bk. But AV adopted the Douay word 'pursue.' In 1 P 3", however, which is a quot. of Ps 34''', AV accepted 'ensue,' which had come from Tindale, the Rheniish having here 'follow.' 'Ensue' is thus used with the unusual force of 'strive after' or 'pursue' (Gr. JiM^dTu), as Caxton, Cato, 24, ' Eschewe alle vyces and ensiewe vertue.'

RV fives ' pursue.' As intrana. vb. ' ensue ' is found in th 9" 'the things . . which ensued after' (so RV ; Gr. t4 /ier^jreiro). We still use the word in dates, as ' the ensuing year.' J. Hastings.