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Meanings of assenting in English

Portuguese
assentimento

Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)

assentimento
Synonyms
Examples for "accession"
Examples for "accession"
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A fair election is seen as crucial for Montenegro's EU accession process.
Reuters
2
Trial registration: Raw data are available at ArrayExpress under accession number E-MEXP-2460.
Pubmed
3
Following the accession in May, the EU shall have 20 official languages.
The Irish Times
4
All countries have to agree before approval is given for accession talks.
Reuters
5
EU leaders this morning meet leaders of 13 accession states and Switzerland.
The Irish Times
Usage of assenting in English
1
He appears to blink in the bright light, assenting as they speak.
The Irish Times
2
Jewel assenting, he read the following in a large and waving hand.
Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life
3
But the only answer was a dumb assenting bow of the head.
A Thorny Path — Volume 01
4
Hepzibah gladly assenting, the kitchen was soon the scene of savory preparation.
The House of the Seven Gables
5
When she stopped, their eyes met in a look of assenting comment.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
6
I made an assenting sound but didn't look up from my coconut.
The mango season
7
His assenting nod had betrayed the truth, had confirmed her worst fear.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
8
You must be respectful and assenting, but without being servile and abject.
Letters to His Son, 1752 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
9
She smiled, assenting, then descended, leaning heavily upon him in her weakness.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
10
He gave an assenting nod, and turned away to hide his emotion.
Holidays at Roselands / A Sequel to Elsie Dinsmore
11
McKeith made a slight assenting movement of his head, but said nothing.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
12
Ratcliffe listened carefully, assenting whenever he saw that Mrs. Lee wished it.
Democracy, an American novel
13
And I assenting, she went to fetch her cloak, hat, and vizard.
The Touchstone of Fortune / Being the Memoir of Baron Clyde, Who...
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But the other ladies gave no sign of assenting to Richard's proposition.
Mother
15
Yes, I see,' Arthur said, laughingly, but assenting finally to her proposal.
Tracy Park: A Novel
16
ECHECRATES: Yes, Phaedo; and I do not wonder at their assenting.
Phaedo
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Translations for assenting
Assenting through the time
Assenting across language varieties
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