acquiesce
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
Origin of acquiesce
1Other words for acquiesce
Opposites for acquiesce
Other words from acquiesce
- ac·qui·esc·ing·ly, adverb
- non·ac·qui·esc·ing, adjective
Words Nearby acquiesce
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How to use acquiesce in a sentence
He was force of nature and a force for good that eventually, they had to acquiesce.
Why should we acquiesce in the preparation of our spirits for the worst kind of servility—slavery to fate?
Yet as with cars, the gun industry rejects all responsibility for itself - and gun advocates acquiesce.
Are five crotchety conservative men likely to decide to acquiesce to this change, or fight it?
If you let by without dispute a failure of language you acquiesce in an affront against literary integrity.
Letter to a Young Critic: William Giraldi Defends True Criticism | William Giraldi | September 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The old gentleman pressed us to remain, as the meeting would begin immediately, and we were delighted to acquiesce.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyTo be law-abiding means to acquiesce, if not directly participate, in that conspiracy.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanI acquiesce in this hand of fate; for I think another cold just now would just about do for me.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThere was nothing to do but acquiesce; especially as I now was trying to draw from him something of what had brought him there.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperHe would acquiesce in the sufficiency of the reason first given, "bodies which contain more particles are heavier."
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill
British Dictionary definitions for acquiesce
/ (ˌækwɪˈɛs) /
(intr; often foll by in or to) to comply (with); assent (to) without protest
Origin of acquiesce
1usage For acquiesce
Derived forms of acquiesce
- acquiescence, noun
- acquiescent, adjective
- acquiescently, adverb
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