consent
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Etymology[edit]
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)
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consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)
- (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
- After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- My poverty, but not my will, consents.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
- 2002, T Usmani; KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al, “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to …”, in Journal of Orthodontics:
- When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant
- (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.
- To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:1:
- And Saul was consenting unto his death.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
- Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.
Usage notes[edit]
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
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Translations[edit]
to express willingness
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Noun[edit]
consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)
- Voluntary agreement or permission.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.
- (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:18:
- And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
- (obsolete) Advice; counsel.
Synonyms[edit]
- (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes
Antonyms[edit]
- (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal
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Translations[edit]
voluntary agreement
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Further reading[edit]
- consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “consent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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consent
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