Consenting

3 definitions found

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

  Consent \Con*sent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consented}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Consenting}.] [F. consentir, fr. L. consentire,
     -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See
     {Sense}.]
     1. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind;
        to accord; to concur.


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              And Saul was consenting unto his death. --Acts.
                                                    viii. 1.
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              Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much
              consenting with him in jugdment.      --Fuller.
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     2. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to
        guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or
        approval; to comply.
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              My poverty, but not my will, consents. --Shak.
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              And whispering "I will ne'er consent," -- consented.
                                                    --Byron.
  
     Syn: To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede;
          permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consenting
       adj : having given consent; "consenting adults"

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

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "consenting":
     abject, accepting, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing, admissive,
     affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, alacritous, allowing,
     amenable, approving, ardent, assentatious, assenting, complaisant,
     compliable, compliant, complying, conceding, concessive,
     consentient, content, cooperative, disposed, docile, eager,
     endorsing, enthusiastic, fain, favorable, favorably disposed,
     favorably inclined, forward, game, in the mind, in the mood,
     inclined, indulgent, lax, lenient, minded, nondissenting,
     nonprohibitive, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive,
     nothing loath, obedient, passive, permissive, permitting, pliant,
     predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ratifying, ready,
     ready and willing, receptive, resigned, responsive, sanctioning,
     servile, submissive, subservient, suffering, supine, tolerant,
     tolerating, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, ungrudging,
     unloath, unprohibitive, unrefusing, unreluctant, unresistant,
     unresisting, well-disposed, well-inclined, willed, willing,
     willinghearted, zealous