ASSENT

Source: 553, 553, 566, 567

assent. assent, consent.

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assent. assent, agreement, or consent

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assent. Assent, v.t. to agree, consent, yield, admit

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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.