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acquiesce, v.|ækwɪˈɛs|
Also 7 aquiess(e, acquiese.
[a. MFr. acquiesce-r (16th c. in Littré), f. L. acquiēsc-ĕre; f. ac- = ad- to, at + quiēsc-ĕre to rest.]
†1. intr. To remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest satisfied (in a place or state). Obs.
c1620A. Hume Orthogr. Brit. Tongue (1865) 9 But as now we sound it in quies and quiesco, the judiciouse ear may discern tuae soundes. But because heer we differ not, I wil acquiess. 1642Howell For. Trav. (1869) 88 Being safely returned to his Mother soile, he may very well acquiesse in her lap. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. i. §9. 136 We were not made to acquiesce in life and health. 1788Priestley Lect. on Hist. v. li. 386 No situation—in which he can entirely acquiesce, so as to look out for no farther improvements.
†b. To acquiesce from: To rest, or cease from. Obs. rare.
1659Lestrange Alliance Div. Off. (1846) 12, I resolved totally to acquiesce from such contests.
†c. To acquiesce under: To remain in quiet subjection, to submit quietly, to remain submissive. Obs.
1680in Somers Tracts II. 90 For if he be innocent, and that the Right of Succession be his, all Men will quietly acquiesce under him. 1749Fielding Tom Jones ix. vii. (1840) 137/2 Our readers may not so easily acquiesce under the same ignorance. 1771Junius Lett. xliv. 236 Privilege of parliament..has hitherto been acquiesced under. 1781T. Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 310 [It may] lead the minds of the people to acquiesce under those events which they see no human power prepared to ward off.
2. To agree tacitly to, concur in; to accept (the conclusions or arrangements of others).
1651Hobbes Leviathan i. vii. 32 Our Beleefe..is in the Church; whose word we take, and acquiesce therein. 1672Marvell Rehearsal Transp. i. 52 You are bound to acquiesce in his judgment, whatsoever may be your private Opinion. 1690Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 21 The said citty acquiesced, and wrote a submissive letter to the king. 1781Cowper Lett. 4 Oct. Wks. 1876, 85, I perfectly acquiesce in the propriety of sending Johnson a copy of my productions. 1831Scott F.M. Perth xi. (1874) 115 Douglas seemed to acquiesce in the necessity of patience for the time. 1877Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. 76 They speak with an air of men whose claims have been acquiesced in by others.
†b. Const. to, with. Obs.
1651Hobbes Gov. & Soc. xi. §6. 171 We must acquiese to their sayings, whom we have truly constituted to be Kings over us. 1685Lady R. Russell Lett. 24. I. 64 The great thing is to acquiesce with all one's heart to the good pleasure of God. 1703De Foe Shortest way to Peace in Miscell. I. 465 If they acquiesce with a Church of England Government. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 33 Clarissa had a double inducement for acquiescing with the proposed method.
†3. trans. To bring to rest; to appease, satisfy, or harmonize. Obs.
1658–9Lockyer in Burton Diary (1628) IV. 114 This union did most acquiesce all interests. |