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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
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
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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.
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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.
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