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Consent
Definitions
- 1 Voluntary agreement or permission. countable, intransitive, uncountable
"All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe."
- 2 permission for something to happen wordnet
- 3 Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination. countable, intransitive, obsolete, uncountable
"And they all with one consent began to make excuse."
- 4 Advice; counsel. countable, intransitive, obsolete, uncountable
- 1 To express willingness, to give permission. intransitive
"After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house."
- 2 give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to wordnet
- 3 To cause to sign a consent form. intransitive, transitive
"When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant"
- 4 To grant; to allow; to assent to. intransitive, obsolete, transitive
"Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story."
- 5 To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. intransitive
"And Saul was consenting unto his death."
Etymology
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)
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