Assent

Definition: Assent

Assent

Noun

1. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly".

Verb

1. To agree or express agreement: "Yes, the Maestro assented.".

Date "assent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ASSENT	English	Assessment of telematics programme	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Assent

Synonyms: acquiescence (n), accede (v), acquiesce (v). (additional references)

Antonym: dissent (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit; deposition; (record); avouchment; assurance; protest, protestation; profession; acknowledgment; (assent); legal pledge, pronouncement; solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration.
	As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.
Assent	Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.
	Noun: assent, assentment; acquiescence, admission; nod; accord, concord, concordance; agreement; affirmance, affirmation; recognition, acknowledgment, avowal; confession of faith.
Belief	System of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons; article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith; tenets, credenda, creed; thirty-nine articles; (orthodoxy) a; catechism; assent; propaganda; (teaching).
Concord	Side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified; assent; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate.
Consent	Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.
	Noun: consent; assent; acquiescence; approval; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance, yieldingness; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition.
	Adverb: OK, yes; (assent); by all means; (willingly); no problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don't hesitate.
Content	Take up with, take in good part; accept, tolerate; consent; acquiesce, assent; be reconciled to, make one's peace with; get over it; take heart, take comfort; put up with; (bear).
Detraction	Phrase: "damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer; and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer"; another lie nailed to the counter; "cut men's throats with whisperings"; "foul whisperings are abroad" "soft-buzzing slander"; "virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes".
Dissent	Verb: dissent, demur; call in question; (doubt); differ in opinion, disagree; say no; refuse assent, refuse to admit; cavil, protest, raise one's voice against, repudiate; contradict; (deny).
Evidence	Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent).
Refusal	Verb: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Assent

English words defined with "assent": acquiescence, affirmative, affirmatory, agree, Assentation, Assented, Assentive, Assentment, Astipulate, Ay ♦ blackball ♦ Confessionalism, connive ♦ dissent ♦ Glassite ♦ negative, nod ♦ Placet, prohibition ♦ Qualified negative, quasi contract ♦ ratify, Royal assent ♦ sign ♦ To bring to terms, To read one's self in, To reckon without one's host ♦ veto. (references)

Specialty definitions using "assent": Abdomen, Accomplice ♦ Damn with Faint Praise ♦ Hook, Hooks ♦ Le Roi le Veut ♦ Nonconformists ♦ satire, Simon Pure, soul ♦ Wharncliffe. (references)

Etymologies containing "assent": Assentation, Assentator ♦ noddy. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Assent" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (assents).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	To place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent. (1776; writing credit: Sherman Edwards; Peter Stone)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Argumentation Theory and the Rhetoric of Assent (Studies in Rhetoric and Communication) (reference) Assent to Solitude: 58 Poems (reference) Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (reference) Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent (Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language and Literature : V. 5) (reference) The Church: Learning and Teaching: Magisterium, Assent, Dissent, Academic Freedom (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Emily Dickinson	Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	In addition the Parties to the Treaty of Peace should endeavour to obtain the assent of the signatory Powers of the Treaties of 1815 and of the Declaration of November 20, 1815, which are not signatories of the present Treaty of Peace. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	All this means that the people of any country have the right, and should have the power by constitutional action, by free unfettered elections, with secret ballot, to choose or change the character or form of government under which they dwell; that freedom of speech and thought should reign; that courts of justice, independent of the executive, unbiased by any party, should administer laws which have received the broad assent of large majorities or are consecrated by time and custom. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	The King nodded assent, and the children ran off.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Jordan	All laws require royal assent and must be published in the national Gazette before they come into force. (references)
	Nepal	The Nepalese government drafted and passed a new Contract Act in 1999; it awaits the assent of the head of state. (references)
	Ghana	To become law, legislation must have the assent of the president, who has a qualified veto over all bills except those to which a vote of urgency is attached. (references)
Minorities	Ukraine	The Crimean Government, pleading insufficient funds, did not assent to requests from the Crimean Tatar community for assistance in reestablishing its cultural heritage through Tatar language publications and educational institutions. (references)
Political Rights	Monaco	All legislation and the adoption of the budget require the Council's assent. (references)
	Swaziland	Passage of legislation by Parliament requires the King's assent to become law, which he is not obliged to give. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	To this claim the United States could not assent, and in consequence each party suspended the intercourse in the vessels of the other by a prohibition which still exists.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Assent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.24% of the time. "Assent" is used about 411 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	91.24%	375	14,556
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	8.27%	34	59,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.49%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	411	N/A

Expressions using "assent": assent to ♦ by common assent ♦ nod assent ♦ nod one's assent ♦ royal assent ♦ wink assent ♦ with one assent ♦ yield full assent. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "assent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		bevestig (acknowledge, affirm, confirm, corroborate, say yes, to confirm). (various references)

Albanian		aprovoj (applaud, approbate), aprovim (applause, approbation, approval, commendation), afirmoj (affirm, say yes), miratoj (accede, accept, adopt, approbate, approve, confirm, consent, countenance, enact, Favor, favour, pass, ratify, recognize, root for, sanction, vote in), miratim (acceptance, acclamation, adoption, approbation, approval, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, Favor, favour, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, leave, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation, warrant), jap pëlqimin. (various references)

Arabic		‏موافقة (accession, agreement, approval, consent, convenience, endorsement, fitness, indorsement, ok, okay, okey, propriety, ratification, sanction, suitability), ‏قبل (accede, accept, admit, agree to, approve of, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), ‏قبول (acceptance, admission, admittance, agreement, approval, consent), ‏وافق (accede, accept, accord, agree, approbate, approve, assert, compound, consent, fit, grant, jump, nod, ok, okay, okey), ‏صدق (accept, approve, attest, believe, certify, confirm, credit, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okay, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity, verity), ‏إجماع (consensus, unanimity). (various references)

Bulgarian		съгласявам се (accede to, acquiesce, agree, buy, comply, concur, consent, grant, jibe, say the word, see, yield), съгласие (accord, accordance, agreement, approval, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, consort, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, unity, yea, yes), одобрявам (approbate, approve, authorise, authorize, confirm, endorse, okay, pass, salute, sanctify, sanction, seal, subscribe to, support, sympathize, uphold). (various references)

Chinese		贊同 , 同意 (Accede, Acceded, Acceding, Agree, Agreed, Agreeing, Assented, Assenting, Concur, Concurred, Concurring, Consent, Consented, Consenting). (various references)

Czech		svolit (consent), svolení (courtesy, permission), souhlasit (accede, acquiesce, agree, approve, consent, endorse, ok, okay, tally), souhlas (acceptance, accord, agreement, applause, approbation, approval, blessing, compliance, conformity, consensus, consent, consistency, correspondence, nod, ok, okay, permission, say so). (various references)

Danish		samstemmende udtalelse. (various references)

Dutch		ja zeggen (affirm, say yes), bevestigen (acknowledge, affirm, affix, attach, confirm, corroborate, determine, fasten, fix, make fast, say yes, secure), beamen (affirm, approve, say yes). (various references)

Esperanto		jeso, jesi (say yes). (various references)

Farsi		پذیرش (Acceptance, Admission, Patient, Reception), موافقت کردن (Accede, Acquiesce, Admit, Agree, Comply, Concur, Grant, Jibe, Obey, Okay), موافقت (Accord, Accordance, Acquiescence, Adhesion, Agreement, Approbation, Approval, Concurrence, Congruity, Consent, Endorsement, Sympathy, Understanding), رضایت دادن (Accede, Acquiesce, Consent). (various references)

Finnish		puoltava lausunto (favourable opinion), myöntää (acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, concede, grant, recognize, say yes). (various references)

French		assentiment. (various references)

German		zustimmung (accordance, agreement, approbation, approval, assentation, compliance, consent, indulgence, o.k., okay, sanction), zustimmen (accede, agree, agree to, agree with, approve, be right, chime in with, consent, considered, go along, jibe, to agree, to assent, to concern, to consent, to considered). (various references)

Greek		συγκατάθεση (accord, acquiescence, concurrence, consent). (various references)

Hawaiian		afirmoj (affirm, say yes). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ע� ות (accede, be answered, comply, respond), ל�"סכים (accede, accept, accord, agree, approve, consent, grant, subscribe). (various references)

Hungarian		beleegyezés (acceptance, acquiescence, approval, compliance, consent, deference, endorsement, indorsation, indorsement, let alone, permission, sanction). (various references)

Indonesian		persetujuan (agreement, approval, bargain, concert, concordance, consensus, deal), menyetujui (accede, accept, accord, acquiescent, adopt, agree, approve, approving), mengiyakan, mengangguki. (various references)

Italian		assentire (agree, consent, nod), affermare (affirm, assert, aver, claim, impose oneself, maintain, make a name for oneself, say, say yes, state, to claim). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		首肯 (consent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		がって�" (agreement, comprehension, consent, grasp, understanding), がて�" (agreement, comprehension, consent, grasp, understanding), なっとく (agreement, comprehension, consent, grasp, understanding), しゅ�"う (consent, delivery, distinguished service, food and drink, handicrafts, handing over, idea, main attack, partiality, plan), しょうち (acceptance, acknowledgment, admitting, agreement, awareness, beauty spot, calling together, compliance, consent, invitation, scenic spot, shallow wisdom, superficial knowledge), さ�"い (approval, second lieutenant, the third rank), い�"か (catching fire, compliance, permission). (various references)

Korean		동의 (Assenting, Consent, Consenting, motion). (various references)

Manx		kied (faculty, first, furlough, leave, pass, permission, permit, primary, sanction, senior; licence, sufferance). (various references)

Norwegian		samtykke. (various references)

Papiamen		afirmashon, afirmá (affirm, say yes). (various references)

Pig Latin		assentay

Portuguese		assentimento (nod), aquiescer (acquiesce, admit, afford, allow, comply, consent, permit), aprovação (acceptance, acclaim, adhesion, approbation, approval, countenance, lights, sanction), sim (yea, yes), sanção (enactment, sanction), responderquesim (affirm, say yes), parecer favorável, dizersim (affirm, say yes), consentimento (accession, accord, acquiescence, adhesion, admission, agreement, approbation, approval, authorization, bout, consent, permission, sanction), concordar (accede, accept, accord, adhere, agree, approbate, assort, bring into agreement, chime, close, cohere, comply, concur, consent, correspond, cotton, covenant, emboss, let, own, subscribe, yes), concordância (abidance, accordance, according, acquiescence, adhesion, agreement, approbation, concord, concurrence, conformity, matchup). (various references)

Romanian		agrement (agreement, amusement, consent, diversion, gratification, pleasure, recreation, resource, sport), acord (accede, accession, accord, accordance, agree, agreement, arrangement, cheer, chord, coincidence, compact, compliance, composition, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, consent, consentaneity, consistency, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, harmony, key, permit, solidarity, treaty, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unity), acceptare (acceptance, acceptation, accepting, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, protection), accepta (abide by, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, approve, assume, carry down, embrace, grant, hold, honor, honour, postulate, protect, receive, take, take in, take on), fi de acord sã, consimţi la (acquiesce, agree, consent into), consimţãmânt (accord, accordance, acquiescence, adhesion, agreeableness, approval, consent, leave). (various references)

Russian		уступать (acquiesce, be inferior to, cede, comply, concede, fall back, give ground, give in, give way to, knuckle under, pass up, rebate, relinquish, remise, stand down, succumb, surrender, yield, yield to), согласие (accord, accordance, acquiescence, agreement, amity, chime, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, oneness, unison, unity), соглашаться (accede, agree, agrees, assented, assenting, assents, comply, concur, consent, countenance, homologate, run in). (various references)

Scottish		aonta (vote), deòin (accord, consent, will). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		složiti se (accede, agree, bear out, come round, concede, match), sagalasnost, pristati (accede, accept, agree, comply, consent, dock, go in, side), pristanak (allowance, consent, consentaneity, ok). (various references)

Spanish		asentir (affirm, agree, come round, consent, grant, say yes), confirmar (acknowledge, affirm, bear out, confirm, corroborate, prove, say yes, support, sustain, to confirm, uphold, vouch), asentimiento (accession, acknowledgment, acquiescence, concurrence). (various references)

Swedish		samtycke (acquiescence, approbation, compliance, compliancy, consent, permission), bifall (acclaim, acclamation, applause, approbation, approval, endorsement, indorsation, sanction). (various references)

Thai		เห็น�"้วย (OK, okey-doke, okey-dokey), การตกลง (dip). (various references)

Turkish		razı olmak (accede, acquiesce, agree, approve, comply, consent, fall with, settle for), rıza (acquiescence, compliance, consent, resignation), onay (acknowledgement, affirmation, approbation, approval, backing, certification, confirmation, endorsement, indorsement, legitimation, o.k., ok, okay, ratification, sanction, visa, vise), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), kabul (acceptance, acceptation, acknowledgement, admission, admittance, agreed, approval, concession, done, drawing room, it's a bargain, o.k., placet, receiving, reception, recognition, thumbs up). (various references)

Ukrainian		уступати (cede), санкція (approbation, approof, approval, imprimatur, o.k., ok, okay, okey, sanction), згоджуватися (agree), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea, yes), дозвіл (allowance, authorization, consent, leave, leaving, o.k., ok, okay, okey, order, permission, permit, permittance, warranty), дозволяти (admit, admit of, allow, authorize, bear, certify, consent, empower, let, licence, license, permit, tolerate). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tán th� nh (acceptance, agreement, approbation, approval, endorsement, espousal, fiat, imprimatur, indorsation, indorsement, o.k.), sự phê chuẩn sự đ�"ng ý, sự chuẩn y (imprimatur). (various references)

Welsh		cydsynio (accede, acquiesce, consent), cydsyniad (consent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adaia, adaias, adquiescamus, adquiescas, adquiesce, adquiescens, adquiescent, adquiescentes, adquiescentibus, adquiescere, adquiesceret, adquiesces, adquiescet, adquiescit, adquiescunt, adquieverint, adquieverunt, adquievi, adquievisti, adquievit, adquievitque, adsensi, adsentare, aia, aiebat, aio, aiom, ait, aiunt, haio, iesaias, sesai. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	vîs-1. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 19, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eplhsqh h poliV olh sugcusewV wrmhsan te omoqumadon eiV to qeatron sunarpasanteV gaion kai aristarcon makedonaV sunekdhmouV tou paulou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et impleta est civitas confusione et impetum fecerunt uno animo in theatrum rapto Gaio et Aristarcho Macedonibus comitibus Pauli
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And the citee was fillid with confusioun, and thei maden an asaut with oon wille in to the teaatre, and tooken Gayus and Aristark, men of Macedonye, felawis of Poul.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And all the cite was on a roore and they russhed in to the comen hall with one assent and caught Gayus and Aristarcus men of Macedonia Pauls companios.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 19, Verse 29
Albanian	Dhe gjithë qyteti u mbush me rrëmujë; dhe si i morën me forcë Gain dhe Aristarkun, Maqedonas, bashkudhëtarë të Palit, rendën të gjithë, me një mendje, në teatër.
Cebuano	Ug ang siyudad napuno sa kagubot; ug sila nagdungan sa pagpanalagan ngadto sa sulod sa tiyatro, nga nanagtaral kang Gayo ug kang Aristarco, ang mga taga-Macedonia nga mga kauban ni Pablo sa panaw.
Croatian	Sav se grad uskomeša; jednodušno nahrupe u kazalište vukuæi sa sobom Makedonce Gaja i Aristarha, suputnike Pavlove.
Danish	Og Byen kom i fuldt Oprør, og de stormede endrægtigt til Teatret og reve Makedonierne Hajus og Aristarkus, Paulus's Rejsefæller, med sig.
Dutch	En de gehele stad werd vol verwarring; en zij liepen met een gedruis eendrachtelijk naar de schouwplaats, met zich trekkende Gajus en Aristarchus, Macedoniers, metgezellen van Paulus op de reis.
Finnish	Ja koko kaupunki joutui sekasortoon, ja he ryntäsivät kaikki yhdessä näytelmäpaikkaan ja tempasivat mukaansa Gaiuksen ja Aristarkuksen, kaksi makedonialaista, jotka olivat Paavalin matkatovereita.
French	Toute la ville fut dans la confusion. Ils se précipitèrent tous ensemble au théâtre, entraînant avec eux Gaïus et Aristarque, Macédoniens, compagnons de voyage de Paul.
German	Und die ganze Stadt war voll Getümmels; sie stürmten aber einmütig zu dem Schauplatz und ergriffen Gajus und Aristarchus aus Mazedonien, des Paulus Gefährten.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka kerusuhan itu meluas sampai ke seluruh kota. Kemudian gerombolan perusuh-perusuh itu menangkap Gayus dan Aristarkhus, yaitu orang-orang Makedonia yang menemani Paulus dalam perjalanannya, lalu menyeret mereka ke stadion kota itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka sangatlah haru-biru di dalam negeri itu, lalu sepakat mereka itu mengerumun ke tempat tamasya sambil memegangkan Gayus dan Aristarkhus, orang Makedonia, pengiring Paulus berjalan.
Italian	Tutta la citt� fu in subbuglio e tutti si precipitarono in massa nel teatro, trascinando con sé Gaio e Aristarco macèdoni, compagni di viaggio di Paolo.
Latvian	Un pilsçtâ cçlâs nemiers. Tie vienprâtîgi traucâs uz teâtri, raudami lîdz maíedonieðus - Gaiju un Aristarhu, Pâvila ceïa biedrus.
Maori	Na ka tutu te puehu o te pa katoa: a, ka oti te hopu e ratou a Kaiu raua ko Aritaku, he hunga no Makeronia, he hoa haere no Paora, na kotahi tonu ta ratou kokiritanga ki te whare matakitaki.
Norwegian	Og hele byen kom i oprør, og de stormet alle som en avsted til teatret og rev med sig Gajus og Aristarkus, to makedoniere, Paulus' reisefeller.
Portuguese	A cidade encheu-se de confusão, e todos � uma correram ao teatro, arrebatando a Gaio e a Aristarco, macedônios, companheiros de Paulo na viagem.
Rumanian	Toatq cetatea s`a tulburat. Au nqvqlit cu toyii kntr-un gknd kn teatru, wi au luat cu ei pe Macedonenii Gaiu wi Aristarh, tovarqwii de cqlqtorie ai lui Pavel.
Shuar	Nuinkia aents Páchim Enentáimprarmiayi. Túmainiak Masetúnianmaya Kayuncha Aristárkuncha Páprun nemarin ármia nuna achikiar japirkutak iruntai jeanam Júkiarmiayi.
Swahili	Mji wote ukajaa ghasia. Wakawavamia Gayo na Aristarko, wenyeji wa Makedonia, ambao walikuwa wasafiri wenzake Paulo, wakakimbia nao mpaka kwenye ukumbi wa michezo.
Swedish	Och hela staden kom i rörelse, och alla stormade på en gång till skådebanan och släpade med sig Gajus och Aristarkus, två macedonier som voro Paulus' följeslagare
Uma	Pewongoia tohe'e ngkenele hobo' hi rala ngata. Ngkai ree, mo'iko-ra ntodea hilou hi tomi poromua bohe to hi rala ngata. Rahoko' -ramo Gayus pai' Aristarkhus, pai' -ra rakeni hilou dohe-ra hi tomi poromua toe. Gayus pai' Aristarkhus toe, rodua to Makedonia to mpodohei Paulus hi pomakoa' -na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "assent": assentation, assentations, assented, assenter, assenters, assenting, assentor, assentors, assents. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Assent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acsent, Adsett, asant, asen, asend, Asenoth, asesment, ashent, Asnt, assan, Assane, assant, Assante, Asscn, assen, assenrt, Assente, assern, assest, assett, assetu, assini, asson, Assunta, Assyut, Aysen, Bassatne, Dasent, dssent, essen, Gassen, hasent, Hassen, Ipsenta, issant, Massenet, naissent, sagent, Saksena, sarsenet, Saseno, sasent, Sassen, Yassen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "assent" (pronounced use"nt)
5	u s e" n t	ascent, descent.
4	-s e" n t	accent, cent, consent, dissent, percent, scent, sent.
3	-e" n t	augment, bent, Brent, cement, circumvent, Dement, Dent, discontent, event, extent, ferment, gent, indent, intent, invent, Kent, lament, lent, malcontent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, nonevent, occident, outspent, overspent, pent, prevent, reinvent, relent, rent, repent, represent, resent, spent, tent, underwent, unspent, vent, went.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: sanest, stanes.
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: antes, asset, easts, etnas, nates, neats, nests, sanes, sates, seats, sensa, stane, tasse.
	-2 letters: anes, ante, ants, ates, east, eats, etas, etna, neat, ness, nest, nets, sane, sans, sate, seas, seat, sent, seta, sets, tans, tass, teas, tens.
	-3 letters: ane, ant, ass, ate, eat, ens, ess, eta, nae, net, sae, sat, sea, sen.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: absents, aptness, ascents, assents, entases, entasis, fastens, fatness, hastens, jessant, nasties, patness, sateens, secants, senates, sensate, sestina, sextans, snathes, stamens, stances, tansies, tisanes, unseats.
	+2 letters: anapests, anatases, anestrus, antheses, anthesis, antsiest, artiness, assented, assenter, assentor, astonies, basinets, bassinet, chastens, cineasts, daftness, descants, destains, earnests, eastings, elastins, entasias, etesians, fastness, flatness, gastness, giantess, handsets, insanest, instates, isatines, lateness, mantises, matiness, nailsets, nastiest, nathless, neatness, newscast, nutcases, pasterns, pastness, peasants, raptness, retsinas, salients, salterns, saltines, saltness, sandiest, sanities, sanitise, sarments, sarsenet, satinets, saunters, scantest, scanties, sealants, seatings, seawants, senators, sensated, sensates, servants, sestinas, sextains, sextants, shanteys, shanties, sheitans, sinuates, smartens, snakiest, snatches, soutanes, stainers, stanches, standees, standers, stanines, starnose, steapsin, stearins, stengahs, stewpans, sthenias, swankest, syntaxes, tallness, tameness, tartness, tautness, teniases, teniasis, titaness, treasons, unstates, vastness, versants, whatness.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 73 73 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.- ... ... . -. -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110011 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#115 &#115 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0073 0073 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
assent	11
assent llc	5
assent consulting	4
assent trading	3
assent mateys	3
assent mutual	2
assent form	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Assent

Definition: Assent

Assent

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Assent

ASSENT

Synonyms: Assent

Synonyms within Context: Assent

Affirmation

Assent

Belief

Concord

Consent

Content

Detraction

Dissent

Evidence

Refusal

Crosswords: Assent

Modern Usage: Assent

Screenplays

Commercial Usage: Assent

Books

Familiar Quotations: Assent

Emily Dickinson

Historic Usage: Assent

US Declaration of Independence

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

Use in Literature: Assent

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Non-Fiction Usage: Assent

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Assent

James Monroe

Usage Frequency: Assent

Expressions: Assent

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Assent

Modern Translation: Assent

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