Assenting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  Assenting \As*sent"ing\, a.
     Giving or implying assent. -- {As*sent"ing*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assenting
       n : agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
           "accession to such demands would set a dangerous
           precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional
           determination" [syn: {accession}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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