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Assent

//əˈsɛnt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agreement; act of agreeing. countable, uncountable

    "I will give this act my assent."

  2. 2
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something wordnet
  3. 3
    A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To agree to a proposal. intransitive

    "And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so."

  2. 2
    to agree or express agreement wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō.

Etymology 2

From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō.

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