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

assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented)

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

to agree, give approval

assent (countable and uncountable, plural assents)

  1. Agreement; act of agreeing.
    I will give this act my assent.
    • 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9:
      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.
  2. (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.

agreement, act of agreeing

assent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō