assent

See also -assent

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

  Homophones: ascent

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Etymology

Old French noun assent and verb assentir

Verb

assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented)

1. To agree to, give approval to.

Translations

to agree to, give approval to

• Bulgarian: одобрявам (bg) (odobrjavam), съгласявам се (bg) (sǎglasjavam se)
• Finnish: suostua (fi), myöntää (fi)
• French: assentir (fr)
• Italian: assentire (it)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke (no)

  Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje (nn)

• Portuguese: assentir (pt)
• Quechua: añiy (qu), huñiy (qu)
• Russian: одобрять (ru) (odobrjatʹ), соглашаться (ru) (soglašatʹsja)
• Spanish: asentir (es), consentir (es)

Synonyms

• accede
• consent

Noun

assent (plural assents)

1. agreement, act of agreeing

   I will give this act my assent.

Translations

agreement, act of agreeing

• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) (sǎglasie), одобрение (bg) (odobrenie)
• Finnish: suostumus (fi), myöntymys (fi)
• French: assentiment (fr) m
• Italian: assenso (it)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke (no) n

  Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje (nn) n

• Russian: согласие (ru) n (soglasije), одобрение (ru) n (odobrenije), утверждение (ru) n (utverždenije)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: approvatzioni

  Gallurese Sardinian: cunsènsu

• Sassarese Sardinian: assensu
• Scottish Gaelic: aonta (gd) m
• Spanish: asentimiento (es) m

Related terms

• assentor

Synonyms

• consent

Anagrams

• sanest

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Latin

Verb

assent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō