assent
verb/əˈsent/
/əˈsent/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they assent | /əˈsent/ /əˈsent/ |
| he / she / it assents | /əˈsents/ /əˈsents/ |
| past simple assented | /əˈsentɪd/ /əˈsentɪd/ |
| past participle assented | /əˈsentɪd/ /əˈsentɪd/ |
| -ing form assenting | /əˈsentɪŋ/ /əˈsentɪŋ/ |
- assent (to something) | (+ speech) to agree to a request, an idea or a suggestion
- Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- ‘towards’ + sentire ‘feel, think’.
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