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third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented
(intransitive) To agree to a proposal. quotations examples
The princess assented to all that was suggested.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 7, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
To assent to the wordsOf medieval lawTo pay a corporal priceTo death, by lapidation
2012, Spectral Mortuary, Lapidated
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 24:9
countable and uncountable, plural assents
agreement; act of agreeing quotations examples
A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.
1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9
He lowered his head in assent.
2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 128
(countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will. examples