assent

[As*sent·]

Assent means agreement. If you nod your head in assent, you agree to something or you assent to it.

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To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

Noun
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"

v. t.
To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

v.
The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

Assent

As*sent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assented; p. pr. & vb. n. Assenting.] [F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.] 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.

Syn. -- To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur.

Assent

As*sent" , n. [OE. assent, fr. assentir. See Assent, v.] 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. Syn. -- 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.

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

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Usage Examples

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church.

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Other Usage Examples

Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.

Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.