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noun

Assent n. The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. "Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer." "The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince." "Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration."

Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

Synonyms: Concurrence; acquiescence; approval; accord. Assent, Consent. Assent is an act of the understanding, consent of the will or feelings. We assent to the views of others when our minds come to the same conclusion with theirs as to what is true, right, or admissible. We consent when there is such a concurrence of our will with their desires and wishes that we decide to comply with their requests. The king of England gives his assent, not his consent, to acts of Parliament, because, in theory at least, he is not governed by personal feelings or choice, but by a deliberate, judgment as to the common good. We also use assent in cases where a proposal is made which involves but little interest or feeling. A lady may assent to a gentleman's opening the window; but if he offers himself in marriage, he must wait for her consent.

verb

Assent v. t. (past & past part. assented; pres. part. assenting) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. "Who informed the governor... And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so." "The princess assented to all that was suggested."

Synonyms: To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur.

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"Assent" Quotes from Famous Books

... even yet dare to commence the work of reconstructing their old home. Bell must come back before they would do that, and the express assent of the squire must be formally obtained. Mrs Dale must, in a degree, acknowledge herself to have been wrong, and ask to ...

— The Small House at Allington • Anthony Trollope

... Grenville was very likely more than ready to grant them an interview, relying upon the strength of his position, on his "tenderness for the subjects in America," and upon his well-known powers of persuasion, to bring them to his way of thinking. To get from the colonial agents a kind of assent to his measure would be to win a point of no slight strategic value, there being at least a modicum of truth in the notion that just government springs from the consent ...

— The Eve of the Revolution - A Chronicle of the Breach with England, Volume 11 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Carl Becker

... not think proper to contest the point, but, approaching Assheton, requested that the wounded man might be conveyed to an arched recess, which he pointed out. Assent being given, Ashbead was taken there, and placed upon the ground, after which the arquebussiers and their leader marched off; while Bess, kneeling down, supported the head of the wounded man upon her knee, and Demdike, taking a small phial from his doublet, poured some of its ...

— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth

... A murmur of assent came from the men. Even the horses seemed to take fresh heart. They flattened their backs to draw the heavy loads, and blew the frost from their nostrils as they ...

— The First Christmas Tree - A Story of the Forest • Henry Van Dyke

... captain and little sailor nodded assent. They were much excited, having often heard tales of boar-hunting, though neither of them had ever taken part ...

— The Hot Swamp • R.M. Ballantyne

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