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as·sent
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əˈsɛnt
/
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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.
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
re·as·sent,
verb (used without object)
un·as·sent·ing,
adjective
un·as·sen·tive,
adjective
Can be confused:
1.
accent
,
accentuate
,
assent
;
2.
ascent
,
assent,
consent
.
Synonyms
1, 2.
acquiesce. See
agree
.
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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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Etymonline
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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Example sentences
That follows his
assent
recently to the suggestion that Iraq was "pretty
much a disaster" .
He put off marrying till his manager gave his
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.
Thompson nods her
assent
.
By opening this show without his
assent
, the museum has broken faith with the artist, the public and art itself.
There is no climate of dissent nor, for that matter,
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.
The French government gave cheerful
assent
to the creation of a national champion.
The reader is invited to
assent
and admire; not to challenge.
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