单词 | assentation |
释义 | assentationn. The action of assenting to the opinions of another; esp. obsequious or servile expression or act of assent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile agreement assentation1481 suppleness1638 compliance1649 yessirring1928 the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > action of subscribing1444 assentation1481 astipulation1595 assenting1651 accedence1795 yea-saying1876 1481 J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero Tulle on Friendship C j/2 To gete the same benyvolence by meane of flaterye and assentacyon is right..shamefull. 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 180 (margin) Whiche assentacion is the southyng of eche bodyes tale and saiynges, and holdyng vp theyr yea and naye. 1603–5 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 24 A certain Discretion..free both from Sawciness and Assentation. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1380 Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade. 1829 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 39 381 More noted for courtly assentation to King James than for anything else. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 265 A safer anchorage may be found than..the shoal of mindless assentation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1481 |
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