assent
See also: -assent
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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb).
Verb
assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented)
- (intransitive) To agree; to give approval.
- (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The princess assented to all that was suggested.
- (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (intransitive) To admit a thing as true.
- Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
- And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
- Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
Synonyms
- (give approval): consent; See also Thesaurus:assent
- (admit a thing as true): affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate
Related terms
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Translations
to agree, give approval
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Noun
assent (countable and uncountable, plural assents)
- agreement; act of agreeing
- I will give this act my assent.
Synonyms
- approval, consent, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
Related terms
Translations
agreement, act of agreeing
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Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) assent
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