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ASSENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

Example:

a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly

Synonyms:

acquiescence; assent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("assent" is a kind of...):

agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assent"):

acceptance ((contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract))

conceding; concession; yielding (the act of conceding or yielding)

Derivation:

assent (to agree or express agreement)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To agree or express agreement

Example:

The Maestro assented to the request for an encore

Synonyms:

accede; acquiesce; assent

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "assent" is one way to...):

agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assent"):

connive (encourage or assent to illegally or criminally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

dissent (withhold assent)

Derivation:

assent (agreement with a statement or proposal to do something)

assenter (a person who assents)

assentient (expressing agreement or consent)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Catherine assented—and a very warm panegyric from her on that lady's merits closed the subject.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Marianne assented most feelingly to the remark; and her mother was led by it to an enumeration of Colonel Brandon's injuries and merits, warm as friendship and design could unitedly dictate.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

She received no other answer, than an artificial, assenting smile, followed by a contemptuous glance, as he turned away, which Anne perfectly knew the meaning of.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Am I a liar? (General hearty and noisy assent.)

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I assented.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He spoke to Mrs. March, but he looked at Jo, and the mother's voice gave as cordial an assent as did the daughter's eyes, for Mrs. March was not so blind to her children's interest as Mrs. Moffat supposed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Be it so, Clarissa!” assented Miss Lavinia resignedly—“to me—and receiving our concurrence.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He went on: "And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be happed here, snod an' snog?" I assented again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"That is true," the other assented gravely.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Lord Cochrane seemed to be expressing the views of all, for a murmur of assent, with a mutter of hearty, deep-sea curses, ran round the circle.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)