acquiesce
verb /ˌækwiˈes/
/ˌækwiˈes/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acquiesce | /ˌækwiˈes/ /ˌækwiˈes/ |
| he / she / it acquiesces | /ˌækwiˈesɪz/ /ˌækwiˈesɪz/ |
| past simple acquiesced | /ˌækwiˈest/ /ˌækwiˈest/ |
| past participle acquiesced | /ˌækwiˈest/ /ˌækwiˈest/ |
| -ing form acquiescing | /ˌækwiˈesɪŋ/ /ˌækwiˈesɪŋ/ |
- acquiesce (in/to something) to accept something without arguing, even if you do not really agree with it
- Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up.
- She explained her plan and reluctantly he acquiesced.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin acquiescere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + quiescere ‘to rest’.