noun, verb
noun [U] ~ (to sth) (formal) official agreement to or approval of sth:
The director has given her assent to the proposals. * He nodded (his) assent. * There were murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd. * The bill passed in Parliament has now received the Royal Assent (= been approved by the king / queen). * She is by common assent, the best person for the job.
verb ~ (to sth) (formal) to agree to a request, an idea or a suggestion: [V] Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed. [also Vspeech]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for assent is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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