Assent

[ə'sent] or [ə'sɛnt]

Definition

(noun.) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; 'he gave his assent eagerly'; 'a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly'.

(verb.) to agree or express agreement; 'The Maestro assented to the request for an encore'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

(v.) The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Agree (as to a matter of opinion), CONSENT, concur, acquiesce, subscribe, yield, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.

n. Consent, agreement, concurrence, acquiescence, allowance.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See CONCEDE]

SYN:Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence,approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance

ANT:Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension,disclaimer, protest

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Definition

v.i. to think or concur with to admit as true (with to).—n. an agreeing or acquiescence: compliance.—adj. Assentā′neous ready to agree.—ns. Assent′er Assent′or one of the eight voters who indorse the proposer and seconder's nomination of a candidate for election to the parliament of the United Kingdom.—adjs. Assen′tient Assent′ive.—adv. Assent′ingly.—n. Assent′iveness.—Royal Assent in England the sovereign's formal acquiescence in a measure which has passed the two Houses of Parliament.

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