Assenter
to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed by to):
to -ssent to a statement.
to give in; yield; concede:
-ssenting to his demands, i did as i was told.
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
acquiescence; compliance.
historical examples
the above is a brief specimen of the -ssenter in conversation.
talkers john bate
with the greatest good nature and good breeding, he was the very opposite to an -ssenter.
critical and historical essays, volume iii (of 3) thomas babington macaulay
noun
agreement, as to a statement, proposal, etc; acceptance
hesitant agreement; compliance
sanction
verb
(intransitive) usually foll by to. to agree or express agreement
v.
c.1300, from old french -ssentir “agree; get used to” (12c.), from latin -ssentare “to agree with,” frequentative of -ssentire, from ad- “to” (see ad-) + sentire “to feel, think” (see sense (n.)). related: -ssented; -ssenting.
n.
early 14c., “consent, approval,” from old french -ssent, a back-formation from -ssentir (see -ssent (v.)).
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