Consenting
[kən'sɛntɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n) of Consent
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Examples
- His consenting to marry her is a proof, I will believe, that he is come to a right way of thinking. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- One from Miss Verinder, consenting, in the kindest manner, to the arrangement that I have proposed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He readily consenting, I wrote to Dora, saying I would bring him home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then why don't you place all your perfections before my dear aunt, and persuade her into consenting to the match. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But Theodosius has forfeited his parental honours, and, by consenting to pay tribute, has degraded himself to the condition of a slave. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Regina's consenting to include a fashionable apprentice among her workers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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