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▪ I. assent, v.|əˈsɛnt|
Forms: 3–5 asent(e, acent(e, 4–6 assente, 4– assent. Aphet. 4–5 sent. (pa. tense and pple. 4–5 asent, assent.)
[a. OF. a(s)sente-r:—L. assentāre (-āri), irreg. freq. of L. assentīre (-īri), f. as- = ad- to + sentīre to feel, perceive, think, whence also F. assentir, used in OF. beside assenter, and now the only form.]
1. a. intr. To give the concurrence of one's will, to agree to (a proposal), to comply with (a desire). Arch. in general sense, and commonly replaced by consent, exc. as said of the sovereign assenting to a measure, or as in 4. (Rare obs. const. for.)
1297R. Glouc. 96 Þe maydenes wolde raþer dye, þan acente þer to. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1596 The kyng assentede to his bone. 1450Myrc 1644 Ȝef þow ley on hym more Thenne he wole asente fore. 1576Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 329 The Maister assented easily to their desire. 1670Ld. North in Somers Tracts (1748) I. 2 Having assented to a Publication. 1771Junius Lett. xliv. 237 The constitutional duties of a house of Commons are..to propose or assent to wholesome laws. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 126 Would Enoch have the place? And Enoch all at once assented to it. 1863Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 341 The Lords passed a resolution, to which the King assented.
b. without prepositional const. arch.; see prec.
c1350Will. Palerne 2692 He swor his oþ · þat he a-sent nold. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. v. 98 So alle myne claymes ben quyt · by so þe kynge asente. 1611Bible Luke xxiii. 24 Pilate gaue sentence [marg. assented] that it should be as they required. 1878B. Taylor Pr. Deukalion ii. ii. 65 Assent, and the future is sure.
†c. with inf. Obs.
1382Wyclif Judith xii. 10 Go, and sweteli moue this Ebru, that..she sente to dwelle with me. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. iii. 170 To be maried for monye · mede hath a-sented. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 297 And thou wert well assent To let it ren owt most plenteosly. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. (1632) 979 The summe assented to be gathered was sixescore thousand pounds.
†d. trans. (elliptically) To agree to, sanction. Obs.
a1641Strafford Lett. II. 120 If it shall be thought fit..I assent it with all my heart. 1675Traherne Chr. Ethics xx. 329 Godliness, and honesty, need nothing but to be maintained and assented by the prince.
†2.
a. intr. To come to an agreement as to a proposal; to agree together, determine, decide. Const. to, into. Obs.
c1300Beket 1107 To this consail everechone assentede. c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 246 They sworen and assenten every man To lyf with hir and dye. c1440Bk. Curtasye in Babees Bk. 316 Þo clerke of kechyn, countrollour, Stuarde, coke, and surueyour, Assenten in counselle..How þo lorde schalle fare at mete. 1634Malory's Arthur (1816) I. 107 Into this counsel the five kings assented.
†b. esp. in pa. pple. Come to agreement, come to a conclusion or resolution, agreed. Obs.
c1350Will. Palerne 538 Whan sche so was a-sented · sche seide sone after. c1400Destr. Troy xxxiii. 13008 The Rebellis..þat were assent to the slaght of his sure fader. c1430Syr Generides 2025 Thoo baronnes were assented sone Al hir will forto doone. 1528More Heresyes iv. Wks. 276/1 Yf the worlde were assented therunto.
†c. trans. To agree, determine, decide upon (a thing proposed). Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 1480 They assentyn, by on assent, A riche croune of red gold. c1386Chaucer Doctor's T. 146 Whan that assented was this cursed reed. 1591Lambarde Arch. (1635) 143 No matter shall be assented, but at the least there assent thereunto foure Councellors.
†3.
a. intr. To conform in practice, submit, yield (to). Obs.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4386 He sal þam turment Þat wille noght til his law assent. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 169 Schir Ihon the balleol..Assentyt till him, in all his will. c1400Apol. Loll. 84 To assent is better þan for to offer þe fatnes of schep. a1520Myrr. Our Ladye 7, I laboure to kepe the wordes..as farre as oure language wyll well assente. 1636Healey Epictetus' Man. xxvii. 33 To curbe thy minde from too quicke assenting to thine eye.
†b. trans. with cognate object. Obs.
1615T. Adams Leaven 105 They..that..subscribe and assent obedience to his hests.
4. a. To give or express one's agreement with a statement or matter of opinion; to agree to an abstract proposition, or a proposal that does not concern oneself, or involve one's own action. Const. to (with, unto, obs.). The ordinary modern use as distinguished from consent.
c1380Wyclif Three Treat. 24 Crist wole not assent with thes, for thei may not be sothe. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. i. 190 Al þe route of ratons · to þys reison a-sentede. c1450Lonelich Grail xlviii. 49 To this word assentyd ful foure and twenty. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1655 Pref. 2 This opinion is also assented unto by holy Scriptures. 1712Addison Spect. No. 411 ⁋4 We see, and immediately assent to the Beauty of an Object. 1718Free-thinker No. 90. 243 My readers will readily assent to the Truth of what I have observed. 1874F. Hall N. Amer. Rev. CXIX. 329 Assenting to the premises, we reject the conclusion.
b. without prepositional const.
1528More Heresyes i. Wks. 126/1 Which thinge bicause I daily se, I assented. 1611Bible Acts xxiv. 9 The Iewes also assented, saying that these things were so. 1735Pope Prol. Sat. 201 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. 1873Black Pr. Thule iii. 40 She assented with a gracious smile.
†c. with or to a person, i.e. to his opinion. Obs.
1632Heywood Iron Age i. i. i, æneas, your aduise assents with vs. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth (1723) 25 Some..fully assent to me herein. 1783Watson Philip III (1793) II. vi. 255 They undoubtedly assented to the king in the opinion he entertained.
†5. refl. in prec. senses. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. xi. 95, I assent[e] me quod I. c1400Destr. Troy x. 4241 All assentid hom sone, þat his saw herd. 1447–8J. Shillingford Lett. (1871) 51 To which bothe parties..aggreed and assented ham. 1470–85Malory Arthur (1816) II. 98 ‘I assent me thereto,’ said sir Palomides.
▪ II. assent, n.|əˈsɛnt|
Forms: 4–5 asent(e, acent(e, 5 assente, 4– assent. Aphet. 4–5 sent(e.
[a. OF. a(s)sent, a(s)sente, f. assenter: see prec.]
1. The concurrence of the will, compliance with a desire. arch. and repl. by consent, exc. as in next.
a1300Cursor M. 4955 Ye solde him out of myn assent. a1330Otuel 47 And Ich wele ben at acent, That thou sschalt wedde Belecent. 1418Abp. Chichele in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 2. I. 5 He hath ȝiven his assent therto. 1739T. Sheridan Persius ii. 31 By what do you propose to purchase the Assent of the Gods? 1814Scott Ld. of Isles vi. iii, There Bruce's slow assent allows Fair Isabel the veil and vows.
2. Official, judicial, or formal concurrence of will; sanction; the action or instrument that signifies such concurrence.
c1386Chaucer Doctor's T. 204 Thurgh thassent of this juge Apius. 1461J. Paston in Lett. 408 II. 35, I wyll nothyng graunt withowt the under shreves assent. a1672Wren in Gutch Coll. Cur. i. 247 All those, whose votes were known to depend upon his will, gave their assents. 1737Pope Horace Epist. ii. ii. 30 Laws, to which you gave your own assent. 1863Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 48 A bill does not become an Act of Parliament until it has received the Royal assent. 1877Burroughs Taxation 407 Those who sign such written assents may withdraw.
†3. The concurrence of a number of persons in sentiment or purpose; accord. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 94 Thay songen wyth a swete asent. c1440Morte Arth. (Roxb.) 72 Through the sente of all..Ganne the kynge a lettre make. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. liv. 38 Crouned and made kyng by assent of the britons. c1500Lancelot 421 And one of them, with al ther holl assent. Saith, etc. 1718Pope Iliad i. 31 The Greeks in shouts their joint assent declare.
b. esp. in phrases by or with one assent, common assent. arch. exc. as influenced by senses 2 and 5.
c1300K. Alis. 1480 They assentyn, by on assent. c1320Sir Beues 1713 Be comin acent, Ther was comin parlement. c1485Digby Myst. ii. 477 Let vs both by on assent go to the busshopys. 1538Starkey England 11 Thys cyvyle lyfe was a polytyke ordur..stablyschyd by commyn assent. 1611Bible 2 Chron. xviii. 12 The prophets declare good to the king with one assent. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 182 Travelling with one assent on the broad way.
†4. Opinion. Obs.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iv. 187 Ȝif ȝe bidden buxomnes, be of myne assente. c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 288 Men most enquere (this is myn assent) Wher sche be wys, or sobre, or dronkelewe. c1435Torr. Portugal 1359, I cord with that assent. 1559Myrr. Mag., Dk. Suffolk xviii. 1 The Lords and Commons both of like assent.
5. Agreement with a statement, an abstract proposition, or a proposal that does not concern oneself; mental acceptance or approval. (The ordinary modern use, as distinguished from consent.)
c1534tr. Polyd. Verg. Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 169 Which thinge [he]..sayde not withoute the aspiration and assent of the Hollie Spirit. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 2 This assent, or judgment of any thing to be true. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 15, I must honestly confess my full assent to the doctrine. 1843Mill Logic Introd. (1868) 5 Our assent to the conclusion being grounded on the truth of the premises.
b. in the formal phrase assent and consent.
1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 9 a, Provinge his assent and consente of such endowemente. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. I. xiv. 143 The deliberate assent and consent of a parliament.
▪ III. † aˈssent, pa. pple. Obs.
[App. f. send; but spelt like prec. word: cf. asend v.]
Used frequently by Gower, app. in the two senses: Sent forth; sent for.
1393Gower Conf. I. 343 This Climestre him had assent. Ibid. II. 54 Therupon of one assent The maidens weren anone assent. Ibid. III. 327 He let sommone a parlement, To which the lordes were assent. |