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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Assent \As*sent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assenting}.] [F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad + sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.] To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. --Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. --Macaulay. Syn: To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur. | |
