assent

present singular third person assents · participle present assenting · participle past assented · past assented

1. intransitiveTo agree to a proposal.

   The princess assented to all that was suggested.

   1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

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   And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:9

   To assent to the words Of medieval law To pay a corporal price To death, by lapidation

   2012, Spectral Mortuary, Lapidated

   Synonyms: consent, affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate, agree

plural assents

1. countableuncountableAgreement; act of agreeing.

   I will give this act my assent.

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   A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.

   1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9

   He lowered his head in assent.

   2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 128

2. countablelawA legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.