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assent(2)(dictionary)
assent 1, noun(dictionary)
assent 2, verb(dictionary)

assent(2) (iou)



assent verb. ME.
[Old French as(s)enter, ult. from Latin assentire from ad AS-1 + sentire feel, think.]
I. verb intrans.
Agree, give one's consent (to a proposal, request, etc.). ME.
W. S. Churchill To all the actions of these zealots the King had so far assented.
Agree together, determine. (Foll. by to or into a proposal.) ME-E16.
Conform, submit to. ME-M17.
Give or express one's agreement (to a statement, opinion, etc., with, unto). ME.
G. B. Shaw A Roman Catholic may obey his Church by assenting verbally to the doctrine of indissoluble marriage. J. Conrad The deep voice on the other side said: 'What an extraordinary thing,' and I assented mentally. E. F. Schumacher An axiom is a self-evident truth which is assented to as soon as enunciated.
II. verb trans.
Agree to, agree upon. LME-L17.
refl. Agree. LME-L15.
assentant adjective (now rare or obsolete) = ASSENTIENT adjective LME.
assenter noun a person who gives assent LME.
assentingly adverb in a manner expressing assent M16.
assentment noun (rare) assent, agreement L15.
assentor noun an assenter; spec. a person other than the proposer and seconder who subscribes a candidate's nomination: LME.