Definition of assent

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

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Confirm :: Confirm (v. t.) To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty..
Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..
Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..
Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request..
Assenting :: Assenting (a.) Giving or implying assent.
Acknowledge :: Acknowledge (v. t.) To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed..
Disaccord :: Disaccord (v. i.) To refuse to assent.
Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote..
Withhold :: Withhold (v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition..
Approbation :: Approbation (n.) The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.
Assentient :: Assentient (a.) Assenting.
Assenter :: Assenter (n.) One who assents.
Disassent :: Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.
Assenting :: Assenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assen.
Emphasis :: Emphasis (n.) A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis..
Chime :: Chime (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod at one..
Astipulate :: Astipulate (v. i.) To assent.
Consent :: Consent (v. t.) To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
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