From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) Agreement; act of agreeing.
A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny. 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9:
I will give this act my assent.
He lowered his head in assent. 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 128:
(countable) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
gd aonta (agreement, act of agreeing) · nb samtykke (agreement, act of agreeing) · tr kabul (agreement, act of agreeing) · ru согла́сие (agreement, act of agreeing) · mi āetanga (agreement, act of agreeing) · pl sankcja (agreement, act of agreeing) · hi स्वीकृति (agreement, act of agreeing) · cy cydsyniad (agreement, act of agreeing) · sdc assensu (agreement, act of agreeing) · nn samtykkje (agreement, act of agreeing) · pt assentimento (agreement, act of agreeing) · fi myöntymys (agreement, act of agreeing) · la assensio (agreement, act of agreeing) · cs schválení (agreement, act of agreeing) · pt sanção (agreement, act of agreeing) · fi suostumus (agreement, act of agreeing) · sv samtycke (agreement, act of agreeing) · bg одобрение (agreement, act of agreeing) · fr assentiment (agreement, act of agreeing) · sc approvatzioni (agreement, act of agreeing) · sdn cunsènsu (agreement, act of agreeing) · cs souhlas (agreement, act of agreeing) · it assenso (agreement, act of agreeing) · bg съгласие (agreement, act of agreeing) · es asentimiento (agreement, act of agreeing) · ru одобре́ние (agreement, act of agreeing) · ru утвержде́ние (agreement, act of agreeing) · pt assenso (agreement, act of agreeing) · mi whakaaetanga (agreement, act of agreeing) · tr onay (agreement, act of agreeing)
From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Meanings
(intransitive) To agree to a proposal.
The princess assented to all that was suggested. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
To assent to the words
Of medieval law
To pay a corporal price
To death, by lapidation 2012, Spectral Mortuary, Lapidated:
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:9:
cs dát souhlas (to agree, give approval) · ru соглаша́ться (to agree, give approval) · oc assentir (to agree, give approval) · qu huñiy (to agree, give approval) · cs souhlasit (to agree, give approval) · tr rıza göstermek (to agree, give approval) · fi myöntää (to agree, give approval) · nn samtykkje (to agree, give approval) · bg одобрявам (to agree, give approval) · qu añiy (to agree, give approval) · nb samtykke (to agree, give approval) · sh pristanak (to agree, give approval) · bg съгласявам се (to agree, give approval) · es asentir (to agree, give approval) · es consentir (to agree, give approval) · ru одобря́ть (to agree, give approval) · cs schválit (to agree, give approval) · pt assentir (to agree, give approval) · fr assentir (to agree, give approval) · mi whakaae (to agree, give approval) · tr kabul etmek (to agree, give approval) · sk súhlasiť (to agree, give approval) · hi स्वीकृति (to agree, give approval) · mi whakakoia (to agree, give approval) · it assentire (to agree, give approval) · sv samtycka (to agree, give approval) · mi āe (to agree, give approval) · tr onaylamak (to agree, give approval) · ko 동의(同意)하다 (to agree, give approval) · fi suostua (to agree, give approval) · la assentiō (to agree, give approval) · sh odobrenje (to agree, give approval)