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assent
[
uh
-
sent
]
Example Sentences
Origin
as·sent
/
əˈsɛnt
/
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uh
-
sent
]
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verb (used without object)
1.
to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by
to
):
to assent to a statement.
2.
to give in; yield; concede:
Assenting to his demands, I did as I was told.
noun
3.
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
4.
acquiescence; compliance.
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Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
asenten
<
Old French
asenter
<
Latin
assentārī,
equivalent to
as-
as-
+
sen
(
t
)- (
see
scent
) +
-t-
frequentative suffix +
-ā-
thematic vowel +
-rī
infinitive suffix
Related forms
as·sent·ing·ly,
adverb
as·sen·tive,
adjective
as·sen·tive·ness,
noun
as·sen·tor,
as·sent·er,
noun
non·as·sent·ing,
adjective
EXPAND
re·as·sent,
verb (used without object)
un·as·sent·ing,
adjective
un·as·sen·tive,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Can be confused:
1.
accent
,
accentuate
,
assent
;
2.
ascent
,
assent,
consent
.
Synonyms
1, 2.
acquiesce.
See
agree.
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Example Sentences
He put off marrying till his manager gave his
assent
.
Your silence is being read as not only permission but
assent
.
Maggie felt it was time to speak; it would only be unkind now to
assent
by silence.
EXPAND
Noun
He put off marrying till his manager gave his
assent
.
Your silence is being read as not only permission but
assent
.
Thompson nods her
assent
.
There is no climate of dissent nor, for that matter,
assent
.
He times the
assent
of the balloon until it disappears into the cloud and uses the time to determine the height of the cloud.
That follows his
assent
recently to the suggestion that Iraq was "pretty much a disaster" .
By opening this show without his
assent
, the museum has broken faith with the artist, the public and art itself.
Despite his
assent
, however, it is not clear that both chambers have the votes to pass the amendment.
Verb
Maggie felt it was time to speak; it would only be unkind now to
assent
by silence.
The French government gave cheerful
assent
to the creation of a national champion.
The reader is invited to
assent
and admire; not to challenge.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
assent
(əˈsɛnt)
—
n
1.
agreement, as to a statement, proposal, etc; acceptance
2.
hesitant agreement; compliance
3.
sanction
—
vb
(usually foll by
to
)
4.
to agree or express agreement
[C13: from Old French
assenter,
from Latin
assentīrī,
from
sentīre
to think]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
assent
c.1300, from O.Fr. assentir (12c.), from L. assentare "to agree with," freq. of assentire, from ad- "to" + sentire "to feel, think" (see
sense
). The noun is c.1300, from O.Fr. assent, a back-formation from assentir.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal
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