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Meaning assent meaning

What does assent mean?

assent

— noun (= acquiescence) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something he gave his assent eagerly a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly — verb to agree or express agreement The Maestro assented to the request for an encore

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assent English » English

consent agree agreement acquiesce approval accede say yes concur accept acquiescence comply approve promise permission compliance acceptance yield allow affirm permit concurrence admit acknowledgment acknowledge accord yes willingness understanding true state sanction grasp grant concord comprehension authorization approbation admitting acknowledgement uphold seconding receive promising plaudit okeh ok obtain obey match let

Topics assent topics

What do people use assent to talk about?
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone

Conjugation assent conjugation

How do you conjugate assent?

assent · verb

Examples assent examples

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Movie subtitles

Before giving my assent, I wish to hear views of those present. DeCailloux, speak.
It requires my assent. I do not give it. And furthermore, you continue upon this course.
Did Humbert hum his assent?
I assume your silence indicates assent.
Mr. Swearengen, I will take your silence for assent.
We have given royal assent to the act stripping the bishopric of Norwich of the town of Lynn.
And with Miss Dorrit's full assent.
In matters of security, my assent is a formality, including the termination of unstable employees.
With both physical evidence and a witness testimony, the judge will probably assent to custody.
AUDIENCE CHEERS IN ASSENT Me too, yeah!
But alas, he was a poor sailor, and my father broke off the engagement without my assent.
Assent. Ten.
Assent.
Assent?
The government is eager for your assent.
Before giving my assent, I wish to hear views of those present.
For the record, the witness indicated his assent.
My 'assent' make you 'raff'?
A unanimous vote of guilty is required ad punctum juris. Assent?
So, how do you vote, Vice Chancellor? Do you raise your hand in assent?
By Royal Assent of the King's Quartering Act, madam.
The auctioneer is the agent of the vendor. and the assent of both parties is necessary. to make the contract binding.
Keeping my vow, to your wish I accede, with Pluto's assent, I restore her to you.
And do you, the chosen bishops of England, Scotland and Wales, assent to this anointing?
With the crew's assent, I ask for time to find a more suitable beach.
Give your assent, Mr. Chandler, or leave this company and its mysteries behind.
There is, uh, one condition. He'll only assent with your blessing.
The accused nodded in assent.
Your. assent.

News and current affairs

America demands that Iraq meet three criteria - promoting regional stability, ending its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and ending suppression of its own people - to which Saddam will never assent.
The hudna worked out between militant Palestinian groups and the Palestinian Authority (with the knowledge of the Americans) clearly lacked a major component: Israel's assent to the agreement.
While the European Union's national parliaments must still decide on the scheme, they essentially have no option but to assent, because to do otherwise would severely harm the ECB.
While Hayek's defense of the market system against the gross inefficiency of central planning won increasing assent, Keynes's view that market systems require continuous stabilization lingered on in finance ministries and central banks.
But it took the Communists two more years to realize that they could not introduce economic reform without Solidarity's assent.
On the contrary, it may be impossible to win North Korea's assent to denuclearization in the absence of far-reaching domestic change.
As Ukraine's ongoing crisis has demonstrated yet again, former Soviet republics that attempt to make geopolitical decisions without the Kremlin's assent do not remain intact for long.
Mr Ojdanic was indicted a year ago by the Hague-based tribunal, a court established with Moscow's assent, for crimes against humanity in Kosovo.
Authoritarian clientelist regimes depend on the silent assent of their populations and the loyalty of their elites.
The next scheduled presidential election is not until 2012, as are elections to the Senate, whose assent is needed for most legislation.

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