assent
21assent — Compliance; approval of something done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request; acquiescence; agreement. To approve, ratify and confirm. It implies a conscious approval of facts actually known, as distinguished… …
22assent — Compliance; approval of something done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request; acquiescence; agreement. To approve, ratify and confirm. It implies a conscious approval of facts actually known, as distinguished… …
23assent — v. & n. v.intr. (usu. foll. by to) 1 express agreement (assented to my view). 2 consent (assented to my request). n. 1 mental or inward acceptance or agreement (a nod of assent). 2 consent or sanction, esp. official. Phrases and idioms: royal… …
24assent — Synonyms and related words: OK, abide by, accede, accede to, accept, acceptance, acclaim, accord, accord to, accordance, acquiesce, acquiesce in, acquiescence, affinity, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agree, agree to, agree with,… …
25assent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expression of agreement Nouns 1. (concurrence) assent, acquiescence; nod, accord, accordance; concord (See agreement); unanimity (See unity); recognition, concurrence. 2. (acceptance) ratification,… …
26assent to — express assent. → assent …
27assent — [ə sɛnt] noun the expression of approval or agreement. ↘official sanction. verb (usu. assent to) express assent. Derivatives assenter (also assentor) noun Origin ME: from OFr. as(s)enter (v.), as(s)ente (n.), based on L. assentire, from ad… …
28assent — 1 noun (U) formal approval or agreement from someone who has authority: a nod of assent | the Royal assent (=act of officially signing a new law by the British King or Queen) 2 verb (intransitive + to) formal to agree to a suggestion, idea etc… …
29assent — /əˈsɛnt / (say uh sent) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by to) to agree by expressing acquiescence or admitting truth; express agreement or concurrence: to assent to a statement. –noun 2. agreement, as to a proposal; acquiescence; concurrence. 3 …
30assent — assentingly, adv. assentive, adj. assentiveness, n. assentor, assenter, n. /euh sent /, v.i. 1. to agree or concur; subscribe to (often fol. by to): to assent to a statement. 2. to give in; yield; conc …
