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consenteth

consenteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consent.

Meaning of consent

Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented)

  1. (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
    • After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.
    Antonyms:
    disagree, object, oppose
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To cause to sign a consent form.
    • When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant2002, T Usmani with KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al., “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to canine tip”, in Journal of...
  3. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
    • Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
  4. (intransitive) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
    • And Saul was consenting unto his death.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:1

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Origin of consenteth

consent + -eth

Questions about consenteth

What is consenteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Consenteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consent.

Words near consenteth in the dictionary

  1. consentee
  2. consentees
  3. consenter
  4. consenters
  5. consentest
  6. consenteth
  7. consentful
  8. consentfully
  9. consentience
  10. consentient
  11. consentiently

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