consentn.
/kənˈsɛnt/, U.S. /kənˈsɛnt/ 1. plural.1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Adultery i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 119 Our hearts pure and free from all evil thoughts, carnal desires, and fleshly consents.a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 70 The maine consents are had. View more context for this quotation1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 259 They are not deprived without their own Consents.a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1767) V. 57 Parents..withhold their consents to marriages.† b. to be of consent: to be accessary. Obsolete.
a. Voluntary agreement to or acquiescence in what another proposes or desires; compliance, concurrence, permission.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [noun]
thankc888
consense?c1225
yating?c1225
assenta1330
consentc1380
condescentc1460
concurrency1596
condescendment1693
avow1697
consentingness1868
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 349 Oo maner of consent is, whanne a man is stille & telliþ not.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29136 Þar es steps thrin þat man mai fall wit-all in sin, Egging, liging, and consent.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4955 Yee sald him þan gain mi consent.
c1440 York Myst. xliii. 215 I saie for me with full concente, Þi likyng all will I fulfille.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iiii Prouynge his assent and consent of suche indowement.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 25 This man hath my consent to marry her. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxi. 112 The Consent of a Subject to Soveraign Power.
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 387 The Goddess smiling seem'd to give consent.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 39 His long wooing her, Her slow consent, and marriage.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 409 The unanimous demand of her people wrested at last a sullen consent from the Queen.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xiv. 143 The deliberate assent and consent of a parliament.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)] > be accessory
to be of consent1569
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 74 The Pope curssed the deede doers with such as were of their consent, eyther that ayded or harboured them.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. ii. 3 Some villaines of my Court Are of consent and sufferance in this. View more context for this quotation
c. prov. Silence gives consent. [Compare quot. c1380 at sense 1a]
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Consentir Assez consent qui ne dit mot..(Many, who know not much more Latine, can say, Qui tacet consentire videtur.)]
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvi. 138 Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.
1672 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. Silence gives consent.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. vii. 77 The archbishop [Becket] answered that there was a proverb in England that silence gave consent [c1200 in Materials Hist. Becket (Rolls) I. 68 Respondit Archiepiscopus quod nostræ gentis proverbium est quod taciturnus speciem prætendit confitentis].
1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 2 Well then, I take silence for consent.
d. age of consent n. the age fixed by law at which a person's consent to certain acts (e.g. marriage, sexual intercourse) is valid in law.
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the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity > legal maturity
agec1275
elda1300
age of discretion1395
years of discretiona1402
discretionc1485
lawful years1548
age of consent1809
the age of reason1884
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [noun] > age for marrying > age of legal consent to marriage
age of consent1809
Cf. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 79. ]
1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Marriage If a boy under 14 or girl under 12 years of age marries, this Marriage is only incohate and imperfect; and when either of them comes to that age, which is for this purpose termed their age of consent, they may disagree and declare the Marriage void.
1885 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 July 12/3 (Criminal Law Amendment Bill) Further provision for the protection of women and children is urgently needed..The present age of consent, which is thirteen, is altogether too low.
1891 Times (Weekly ed.) 29 May 8/4 Effects of the Age of Consent Bill..The Raikwals, a most learned community of Brahmins..have..decided not to marry their daughters below the age of 12.
2.
a. Agreement by a number of persons as to a course of action; concert. Obsolete except as in 2b.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > as to course of action
consentc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. vii. 5 Nyle ȝe defraude to gidere no but perauenture of consent to a tyme.
1494 in Eng. Gilds 187 Confermed, by the assente and consente and agrement off all the Bredern off the same gilde.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. vii. 5 Withdrawe not youre selves one from another, excepte it be with consent for a tyme.]
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 117/1 Only made by consent and agrement of men.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 460 I see the tricke ant: here was a consent, Knowing aforehand of our meriment, To dash it lik a Christmas Comedie. View more context for this quotation
1650 T. Hobbes Humane Nature xii. (R.) When the wills of many concur to one and the same action and effect; this concourse of their wills is called consent.
1780 W. Cowper Nightingale & Glow-worm But sing and shine by sweet consent.
b. with one consent, by common consent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adverb]
with (also of) one mouthOE
with (also of, at) one accordc1275
common assentc1300
at onec1320
with one stevenc1320
at a voicea1325
at one wordc1325
covinlichec1330
in one (also o) voicea1393
with one (also o, a) voice?a1400
in one vote1546
of all hands1548
perlassent1548
una voce1567
by common consent1574
consentively1578
concordably1579
currently1593
unanimately1599
by or with one assent1611
unanimously1611
unanimely1625
consentingly1660
harmoniously1671
univocally1671
consentaneously1817
concurringly1840
solidly1865
solid1884
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1011 All they with one accorde, or consente, gaue him counsayl to tumble hir down hedlong. Omnes vno ore.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 170 All with one consent praise new-borne gaudes. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Luke xiv. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. View more context for this quotation
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. i. 150 A Parliament is called, and it is by common consent of all agreed, that the King should not goe in person.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 524 And all..agree With one consent to rush into the sea.
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics i. viii. §3. 87 Their reception by common consent is still an argument for their validity.
3. Agreement or unity of opinion, consensus, unanimity. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun]
cordc1300
assentc1386
concordc1386
accordancea1400
unanimity1436
concordancec1450
condescentc1460
greement1483
agreeing?1520
consent1529
consension1570
onenessa1575
consort1590
concurrency1596
agreation1598
convenance1613
concert1618
concurrence1669
accordancy1790
coincidence1795
unanimousness1828
one-mindedness1836
consentience1879
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 148/1 I think that god with his holy spirite ledeth his church into the consent of his trouth.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lix. 130 To hide the generall consent of antiquitie agreeing in the literall interpretation.
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 150 I haue shewed the consent of both Authors in the place aleadged.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 13 We are far from a perfect consent in our opinions or feelings.
1879 M. Arnold Equality in Mixed Ess. 49 As to the duty of pursuing equality, there is no such consent among us.
4. † b. Agreement in faith and doctrine, ecclesiastical communion. Obsolete.
a. Agreement in feeling, sympathy; also, more generally, harmony, accord, agreement. archaic.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > fellow feeling > [noun]
pityc1300
consentc1384
fellow-feeling1578
sympathy1662
homopathy1678
identification1840
sympneumatism1891
panpathy1900
feeling1909
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
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accorda1398
consonancya1398
unitya1398
accordancea1400
commoningc1400
convenience1413
correspondence1413
answeringc1425
conformityc1430
consonance1430
congruity1447
concordancec1450
consonantc1475
agreement1495
monochordc1500
conveniencya1513
agreeance1525
agreeableness1531
concinnity1531
congruence1533
harmony?1533
concent1563
tunableness1569
agreeing1575
answerableness1577
concert1578
consent1578
sympathy1578
concord1579
symphonia1579
correspondency1589
atone1595
coherence1597
respondence1598
symphony1598
sortance1600
coherency1603
respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
compositiona1616
sympathizing1632
comportance1648
compliance1649
syntax1649
concinneness1655
symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
consistence1670
comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
symbolism1722
congruousness1727
accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. vi. 16 But what consent to the temple of God with ydols?
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84 It is not the descent of birth, but the consent of conditions that maketh gentlemen.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 146 Certainelie there is a consent betweene the body and the minde.
1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 306 Affinity and Consent with the Rules of Nature.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 296 Such is the World's great Harmony, that springs From Union, Order, full Consent of Things!
1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. iii. v. 348 The consent..between St. Paul's speeches and letters, is in this respect sufficiently exact.
1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxvii. 324 Showing the consent of solar systems to the motion of a finger.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > communion > [noun]
fellowredc1230
commonc1300
communing1357
brotherheadc1384
fellowshipc1384
commoninga1400
communionc1405
brotherhooda1425
sodality1602
consent1635
correspondence1642
converse1668
koinonia1907
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > in faith and doctrine
consent1635
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. ii. 66 Let them send letters of consent (that is, of communion) to the Patriarch.
1659 J. Arrowsmith Armilla Catechetica 91 Consent in Religion is wont to tie the fastest knots of mutual accord.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxv. 286 Wherein is taught our consent with the German..and other reformed churches.
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the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > specific relation between
sympathy1603
consent1615
consensus1854
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 253 Aboue all other Consents is that simpathy betweene the womb and the brests which exceedeth euen admiration it self.
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick vi. vii. 140 He supposeth that the Larynx did not suffer principally, but by consent.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Consent of Parts, in the Animal Oeconomy, a certain Agreement, or Sympathy, by means whereof, when one Part is immediately affected, another, at a distance, becomes affected in like manner.
1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) v. 113 Being explained upon the principle of a consent or sympathy existing between the absorbents of [different parts].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun]
weenc888
doomc900
advicec1300
wonec1300
opiniona1325
sentence1340
sight1362
estimationc1374
witc1374
assent1377
judgementa1393
supposinga1393
mindc1400
reputationc1400
feelingc1425
suffrage1531
counta1535
existimation1535
consent1599
vote1606
deem1609
repute1610
judicaturea1631
estimate1637
measure1650
sentiment1675
account1703
sensation1795
think1835
1599 G. a Greene Greene's in Wks. (1861) 254 Let me hear, townsmen, what is your consents.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 23 By my consent, wee'le euen let them alone. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > united by common opinion
consent1574
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1012 A diuers consente in sundrie wilfull opynions a sect, a schole or maner of teaching.
1575 R. B. Appius & Virginius in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IV. 147 So shall you see the end of him and all his whole concent.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. lvi. 175 Even those which are not of our consent, do flatly inhibite..the vse of the sacred name.
Compounds
C1. attributive.
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1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 127/2 Consent-rule, an instrument in writing, which a defendant in an action of ejectment enters into at the time he enters an appearance..The consent-rule is signed by the defendant's attorney.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 July 6/2 Counsel had an absolute right to consent to a compromise..but if a party sought to be relieved from a consent order, the application should be made promptly.
C2.
consent brief a brief where all parties agree in an application to a court, and the barrister's duty is merely formal.
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1896 C. F. Keary Herbert Vanlennert xxviii. 253 Immediately he received two briefs—that was through the old firm of family solicitors... They were only consent briefs, that is true.
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consentv.
/kənˈsɛnt/, U.S. /kənˈsɛnt/ I. To agree together.† 2. To agree in sentiment, be in accord, be at one. So past participle consented, agreed. Obsolete.† 3. To come to agreement upon a matter or as to a course of action. Also passive. To be agreed.† 4. Of things: To agree, be in harmony. Obsolete.† 5. To act or be affected in sympathy. Obsolete.
1. † b. To agree to a doctrine or statement, also to the author of it; to assent. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To agree together, or with another, in opinion or statement; to be of the same mind. Obsolete or archaic. (The statement agreed upon may be introduced by that.)
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cordc1380
to be condescendedc1386
to be consentedc1386
consenta1400
intend1421
onec1450
drawc1480
to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496
agreea1513
gree?a1513
to draw by one string1558
conspire1579
to meet witha1586
conclude1586
condog1592
consign1600
hit1608
centre1652
to be of (another's) mind1717
to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829
to sing the same song1846
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 9713 Til an bihouys vs all consent, And siþen schape þe iugement.
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 11 Henrichus Bullyngerus..consenteth with me in the signification of this worde.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. ix. f. 84v If..wee shal consent that vapours are lyfted vp.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. i. 42 All your Writers do consent, that ipse is hee. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 81 With Plutarch consent many Authors.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 490. ⁋1 All the wiser Part of Mankind..has consented in an Error.
1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. v. 121 It may be seen how freely..they consent in the testimony.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] > to doctrine or statement
consent1382
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rom. vii. 16 I consente to the lawe, for [v.r. that] it is good.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 47 I Beringary concent to þe holi kirk of Rome.
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxvi. f. 87 Wherto my frendes also consenten.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 160v For these and other reasons I consente not unto Matthiolus.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I was sometimes compelled to consent to Cornelius Celsus.
1788 London Mag. 32 This is what all must consent to who have been obliged to ride on horseback..after a hearty dinner.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxv. 1 The looue of neȝhebores, and man and womman wel to themself consentende.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms l. 18 When thou sawest a thiefe, then thou consentedst with him. View more context for this quotation
1633 J. Ford Broken Heart ii. ii. sig. D3 'T had bin pitty To sunder hearts so equally consented.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi Much less can all men consent in the desire of almost any one and the same object.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] > come to or arrive at an agreement
saughtel1154
assentc1300
appointc1374
consent1487
concord1489
convenec1550
to join issue1600
consigna1616
meet1781
gree1786
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 820 Than schir philip, the douchty man, Tretit, quhill thai consentit weir.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. x. 53 a The Barceans consented on their leages thus.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. i. §2. 2 They began by degrees..to consent in certain Articulate Sounds, whereby to communicate their thoughts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
1540 R. Morison tr. J. L. Vives Introd. Wysedome (new ed.) K iv Truthe ever consenteth to truth, falsehode neyther with truthe, nor yet with falsehode.
1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) vii. 147 Thinges like and consenting in qualitie.
1668 Earl of Orrery Henry V i. 6 If truth consents to what you now relate.
1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 349 Nor is there any man whose thoughts and affections do perfectly consent with themselves in matter and order, any two hours in all his life.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxi. 298 Forty-four species all consent in a quinquefid calyx.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] > be affected by > and act in sympathy
answer1639
consent1732
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iii. iii. 163 By means of the sensitive Soul, our several distinct parts and members do consent towards the animal Functions.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 110 Old Memnon's image..to the quivering touch Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string Consenting, sounded..Unbidden strains.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §11. 136 It always made me start a little; the ear-drum suffered a convulsion, and the whole body consented with it.
II. To agree to a proposal, request, etc.† 7. to be consented: to be agreed; to be an accessary or consenting party (to something). Obsolete.† 8. † b. with infinitive complement.† 9. To consent to give; to concede. Obsolete. rare.
6. † c. reflexive in same sense. Obsolete.† d. Const. to a person, i.e. to his request. Obsolete.
a. Voluntarily to accede to or acquiesce in what another proposes or desires; to agree, comply, yield. Const. to, to do a thing, or that with clause; also with indirect passive to be consented to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)]
consent?c1225
assent1297
vouchsafe13..
choosec1330
grant1340
to be consentedc1386
to be covined1393
apply1419
condescend1477
agreea1533
acconsent1560
acclaim1620
comply1672
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 199 Son se me biginneð consentin tosunne.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 25/59 Ake ich ne concenti nouȝt þer-to.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 10 Þou ne sselt naȝt consenti to do zenne mid þine bodye.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xxiii. 51 He consentide not to the counceil of [read and] dedis of hem.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiii. 195 The saisnes..ne concented not to lete hym passe.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxiii. 254 He wold haue consentyd to the deth of Huon.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 355 It is consented to admit him again.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Cambr. Univ. 122 His Holiness would never consent such Honour should be done to..a Schismatick.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxi The Conservators of the River consented, that..it should be gain'd in.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 153 This was no sooner proposed..than consented to.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 553 Argyle, after long resistance, consented..to divide his little army.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 238 When I induce my creditor to consent to my paying a month hence.
b. without const.
ΚΠ
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 236 Hir frendes alle consent.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 Y..bihete or proteste or consente.
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D2v The little space would not consent.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. i. 7 It is the Divels part to suggest: Ours, not to consent.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxvii. 61 A little still she strove, and much repented, And whispering ‘I will ne'er consent’ —consented.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent or comply [verb (reflexive)]
seema1300
consent1340
submita1387
endeigna1400
agree1421
greec1440
apply1482
condescend1489
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 249 Þo he him consentede to þe uondinge.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 183 I me consent to your requeste.
ΚΠ
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. x. 16 Whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not consente vnto them.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxiv. 15 In this will we consent vnto you. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cordc1380
to be condescendedc1386
to be consentedc1386
consenta1400
intend1421
onec1450
drawc1480
to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496
agreea1513
gree?a1513
to draw by one string1558
conspire1579
to meet witha1586
conclude1586
condog1592
consign1600
hit1608
centre1652
to be of (another's) mind1717
to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829
to sing the same song1846
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)]
consent?c1225
assent1297
vouchsafe13..
choosec1330
grant1340
to be consentedc1386
to be covined1393
apply1419
condescend1477
agreea1533
acconsent1560
acclaim1620
comply1672
c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 276 That were consented to this cursednesse.
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 14 And he knewe well..and was consentid therto.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1713 Ȝe ar consentyd to þat dede.
a. transitive. To allow, agree to, consent to. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)]
to go ineOE
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to hit it1634
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to take with ——1646
to be with1648
to fall into ——1668
to run in1688
to think with1688
meet1694
coincide1705
to go in1713
to say ditto to1775
to see with ——1802
sympathize1828
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]
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to fall to ——a1450
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to stand satisfactory to1576
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assent1637
to close with1654
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to stand in1911
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c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 481 Grisild moot al suffer and al consent.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. viii. 145 This consenteth and permyseth he that is almyghty.
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1285/2 That can I ful hardly consent.
1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. China In the end..they consented a conclusion amongest themselues.
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a1674 J. Milton Interpreters..will not consent it to be a true story.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with
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to fall in1651
to come into ——1704
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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 90 The countee of couetise he consenteþ to boþe.
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