assent
/əˈsɛnt/
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assent verb: to agree to a proposal.
Verb
assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented)
- To agree to a proposal.
- And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:9
- The princess assented to all that was suggested.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
Noun
assent (countable and uncountable, plural assents)
- Agreement; act of agreeing.
- I will give this act my assent.
- A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its...1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9
- A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
assent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
assent in Hindi
- to agree, give approval
- स्वीकृति svīkŕti
- agreement, act of agreeing
- स्वीकृति svīkŕti
assent in Tamil
- இசைவு, இணக்கம், ஏற்பிசைவு, இசைவளிப்பு, ஏற்றிசைவு, ஒப்பம்
assent in Marathi
- assent, nod
- होकार hokār
assent in Urdu
- ہامی, مرضی, قبولیت, رضامندی
More languagesFewer languages
- assent in Bengali
- ইজাজত ijajot
- assent in Malayalam
- അംഗീകരിക്കുക, യോജിക്കുക, സമ്മതം വെളിവാക്കുക
- assent in Kannada
- ಒಮ್ಮು, ಒಪ್ಪು
- assent in Punjabi
- ਰਜ਼ਾ razā
- assent in Sanskrit
- अनुमति anumati, स्वीकार svīkāra, सर्ग sárga
Examples of assent in a sentence
- He winked at me. She winked her eye. He winked his assent.
- She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- The bill was denied royal assent because the Scottish Parliament does not have legislative competence on the bill's matter.
Synonyms of assent
Antonyms
Forms of assent
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | assents |
| present participle | assenting |
| past participle | assented |
| past | assented |
| Noun | |
| plural | assents |
Origin of assent
From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Words formed from assent
Words that rhyme with assent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about assent
- What does assent mean?
- Assent means to agree to a proposal.
- What is assent in Hindi?
- Assent in Hindi is स्वीकृति (svīkŕti). See Assent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is assent?
- Assent can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce assent?
- Assent is pronounced /əˈsɛnt/.
- What is the past tense of assent?
- The past tense of assent is assented.
Words near assent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assent (page history and authors); assent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); होकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); assent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ইজাজত (Bengali) (page history and authors); assent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰਜ਼ਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अनुमति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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