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Meanings of assent in English

Portuguese
aquiescer
Spanish
obedecer

To agree or express agreement.

      aquiescer
      Portuguese
      consentimento
      Catalan
      conformitat
      Spanish
      aprobación

      Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.

            consentimento

            To be in accord.

                  Usage of assent in English
                  1
                  He gave a brief nod of assent, in answer to her question.
                  Book of shadows
                  2
                  After three years of debate in parliament, royal assent has been approved.
                  BBC
                  3
                  Faith, he insisted, was not a rational assent based on common sense.
                  A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
                  4
                  She inclined her head in assent to the claim of the Gatholian.
                  The Chessmen of Mars
                  5
                  When it came to a vote, Gerald raised his hand in assent.
                  Existence
                  6
                  Pisander obtained the assent of the meeting to the following revolutionary changes:-1.
                  A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
                  7
                  The question is whether it will receive the assent of the people.
                  Humanly Speaking
                  8
                  Also the assent of all the large firms of the 300 publishers.
                  Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910)
                  9
                  Another inclination of the body conveyed the silent assent of the divine.
                  The Monikins
                  10
                  In either case, the assent of the European Parliament shall be required.
                  The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th Februar...
                  11
                  He dropped his eyelids in assent, and went off in a doze.
                  Wayside Courtships
                  12
                  Vic grunted his assent, and the two men left without looking back.
                  Bulletproof bride
                  13
                  He bowed his assent and preceded her down the side in silence.
                  The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
                  14
                  The German saw it then for the first time and nodded assent.
                  The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
                  15
                  The latter bowed his assent, and the ladies then left the deck.
                  The Red Rover: A Tale
                  16
                  Morelos signified assent, and the next moment the Indian entered the tent.
                  The Tiger Hunter
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