assent

See also -assent

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnt

  Homophones: ascent

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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), съгласявам се (bg) Finnish: suostua (fi), myöntää (fi) Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje (nn)

Russian: одобрять (ru), соглашаться (ru) Spanish: asentir (es), consentir (es)

See also

• accede

Noun

assent (plural assents)

1. agreement, act of agreeing

   I will give this act my assent.

Translations

agreement, act of agreeing

Bulgarian: съгласие (bg), одобрение (bg) Finnish: suostumus (fi), myöntymys (fi) Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: samtykke (no) n. Norwegian Nynorsk: samtykkje (nn) n.

Russian: согласие (ru) n., одобрение (ru) n., утверждение (ru) n. Spanish: asentimiento (es) m.

Related terms

• assentor

Anagrams

• sanest

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Latin

Verb

assent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō