MEANING
To agree to or approve something, often after it has been proposed.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- assent to a proposal
- assent with a nod
On the page
She assented with a nod but did not offer to help.
He assented to the plan after the escape route was explained.
Nearby words
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Word forms
- Base
- assent
- Past tense
- assented
- Past participle
- assented
- Present participle
- assenting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- assent
- Present continuous
- am/is/are assenting
- Present perfect
- have/has assented
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been assenting
- Past
- assented
- Past continuous
- was/were assenting
- Past perfect
- had assented
- Past perfect continuous
- had been assenting
- Future
- will assent
- Future continuous
- will be assenting
- Future perfect
- will have assented
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been assenting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: assent; assents; assented; assented; assenting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: assents.
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