assent

Etymology

From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb).

verb

  1. (intransitive) To agree to a proposal.
    To assent to the words Of medieval law To pay a corporal price To death, by lapidation 2012, Spectral Mortuary, Lapidated

noun

  1. agreement; act of agreeing
    I will give this act my assent.
    A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny. 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9
    He lowered his head in assent. 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 128
  2. (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.

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