Citations:acquiesce

English citations of acquiesce

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• 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

  Elizabeth said no more — but her mind could not acquiesce. The possibility of meeting Mr. Darcy, while viewing the place, instantly occurred. It would be dreadful! She blushed at the very idea, and thought it would be better to speak openly to her aunt than to run such a risk. But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private inquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered.

• 1815 — Jane Austen, Emma, vol III, ch 19

  She could not bear to see him suffering, to know him fancying himself neglected; and though her understanding almost acquiesced in the assurance of both the Mr. Knightleys, that when once the event were over, his distress would be soon over too, she hesitated--she could not proceed.

• 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.

  But as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg, I was obliged to acquiesce; and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a determined rushing sort of energy and vigor, that should quickly settle that trifling little affair.

• 1899 — Kate Chopin, The Awakening, ch XXVII

  “Well, that ought to be reason enough,” he acquiesced.

• 1924 — Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 19

  The spare form flexibly acquiesced, but inertly. It was like handling a dead snake.