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for assenting
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Assent \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.
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Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also
assented, saying that these things were so. --Acts
xxiv. 9.
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The princess assented to all that was suggested.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Assenting \As*sent"ing\, a.
Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
assenting
n 1: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
"accession to such demands would set a dangerous
precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
[syn: accession, assenting]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "assenting":
abject, accepting, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing,
affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, approving, assentatious,
complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, conceding,
concessive, consentient, consenting, content, eager, endorsing,
favorable, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive,
nothing loath, obedient, passive, permissive, prompt, ratifying,
ready, resigned, sanctioning, servile, submissive, subservient,
supine, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging, unloath,
unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant, unresisting, willing
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