give+assent

  • 11assent — 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,… …

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  • 12assent — I UK [əˈsent] / US noun [uncountable] formal agreement with or approval of a plan or suggestion She gave her assent for the project to move ahead. II UK [əˈsent] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms assent : present tense I/you/we/they assent… …

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  • 13assent — 1. verb To agree to, give approval to. 2. noun agreement, act of agreeing I will give this act my assent. See Also: assentor …

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  • 14assent — 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,… …

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  • 15assent — 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 …

    Universalium

  • 16assent — as|sent1 [ ə sent ] noun uncount FORMAL agreement with or approval of a plan or suggestion assent as|sent 2 [ ə sent ] verb intransitive FORMAL to agree with or officially give permission for something …

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  • 17assent — I. v. n. Agree (as to a matter of opinion), concur, acquiesce, subscribe, yield, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current. See consent. II. n. Consent, agreement, concurrence, acquiescence, allowance, approval …

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  • 18give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …

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  • 19give way — 1) the government gave way and passed the bill Syn: yield, back down, surrender, capitulate, concede defeat, give in, submit, succumb; acquiesce, agree, assent; informal throw in the towel/sponge, cave in 2) the door gave way Syn …

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  • 20assent — v 1.(often fol. by to) agree, concur, accord, harmonize, think alike, be of one mind; admit, grant, allow, approve, accept, go along with, Inf. take to, Inf. cotton to, Inf. buy; acknowledge, recognize, Archaic. agnize, subscribe to. 2. yield,… …

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