assent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Homophone: ascent === Verb === assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented) (intransitive) To agree to a proposal. ==== Synonyms ==== (give approval): consent; See also Thesaurus:assent (admit a thing as true): affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === assent (countable and uncountable, plural assents) Agreement; act of agreeing. (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will. ==== Synonyms ==== approval, consent, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== assentor ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === antses, sanest, snaste, stanes, steans == Latin == === Verb === assent third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō