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English Dictionary: acquiesce	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acquiesce v to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" Synonym(s): assent, accede, acquiesce Antonym(s): dissent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquiesce \Ac`quiesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Acquiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquiescing}] [L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See {Quiet}.] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce* in a government which they did not regard as just. --De Quincey. 2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. Syn: To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.