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verb (used without object), -esced, -esc·ing.
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
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Acquiesce
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example Sentences
- Avoiding public tantrums is a major reason we acquiesce and buy our kids junk.
- But we need not acquiesce to either the temptation of war or to the risks of a steady drift toward containment.
- It looks like "grow up" means to just shut up and accept, to acquiesce and go with the status quo.
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acquiesce
1610s, from Fr. acquiescer, from L. acquiescere "to become quiet, remain at rest," thus "be satisfied with," from ad- "to" + quiescere "to become quiet," from quies (gen. quietis) "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)).
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