Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to assent
Participle: assented
Gerund: assenting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | assent |
| you | assent |
| he;she;it | assents |
| we | assent |
| you | assent |
| they | assent |
Perfect
| I | have assented |
| you | have assented |
| he;she;it | has assented |
| we | have assented |
| you | have assented |
| they | have assented |
Past
| I | assented |
| you | assented |
| he;she;it | assented |
| we | assented |
| you | assented |
| they | assented |
Pluperfect
| I | had assented |
| you | had assented |
| he;she;it | had assented |
| we | had assented |
| you | had assented |
| they | had assented |
Future
| I | will assent |
| you | will assent |
| he;she;it | will assent |
| we | will assent |
| you | will assent |
| they | will assent |
Future Perfect
| I | will have assented |
| you | will have assented |
| he;she;it | will have assented |
| we | will have assented |
| you | will have assented |
| they | will have assented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | assent |
| you | assent |
| he;she;it | assent |
| we | assent |
| you | assent |
| they | assent |
Perfect
| I | have assented |
| you | have assented |
| he;she;it | have assented |
| we | have assented |
| you | have assented |
| they | have assented |
Imperfect
| I | assented |
| you | assented |
| he;she;it | assented |
| we | assented |
| you | assented |
| they | assented |
Pluperfect
| I | had assented |
| you | had assented |
| he;she;it | had assented |
| we | had assented |
| you | had assented |
| they | had assented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would assent |
| you | would assent |
| he;she;it | would assent |
| we | would assent |
| you | would assent |
| they | would assent |
Perfect
| I | would have assented |
| you | would have assented |
| he;she;it | would have assented |
| we | would have assented |
| you | would have assented |
| they | would have assented |
Imperative
| you | assent |
| we | Let's assent |
| you | assent |
Verbs conjugated like 'assent'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'assent'
absent,
assert,
accent,
ascend,
ashen,
aspect,
assart,
assess,
assist,
assort,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- yield assent
- agree, accede
- to accept instruction or command
- accede, acquiesce, comply, conform, obey, submit, yield
- to admit to the truth
- acknowledge, admit, avow, beknow, come clean, concede, confess, fess, fess up, front up, make a clean breast, own, own up, shrive, sing, spill one's guts, spill the beans, step forward, talk, tell all, unbosom
- to give approval
- agree, approve, consent, grant
- accede
- agree, concur, acquiesce, admit, consent, subscribe, allow, yield
Antonyms
- to reject instruction or command
- accede, acquiesce, comply, conform, obey, submit, disobey, yield
- to give approval
- decline, deny, disapprove, disassent, dissent, object, oppose, reject
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1297, from O.Fr.
assentir, from L.
assentare "to agree with," freq. of
assentire, from
ad- "to" +
sentire "to feel, think" (see sense). The noun is c.1300.
2. From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-). See: Latin '
assentiō'.
Verbs referencing "assent"
Cornish
assentya.
Sample Sentences
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[...] we sat down round the fire in the ladies ’ cabin—just to try the effect. It was rather dark, certainly; but somebody said, ‘of course it would be light, at sea, ’ a proposition to which we all assented; echoing ‘of course, of course; ’ though it would be exceedingly difficult to say why we thought so. I remember, too, when we had discovered and exhausted another topic of consolation in the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] became Mrs. Shelby's dread of his succeeding in recapturing Eliza and her child, and of course the greater her motive for detaining him by every female artifice. She therefore graciously smiled, assented, chatted familiarly, and did all she could to make time pass imperceptibly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] well and good; if not, he would summon Tom before him, and—his teeth clenched and his blood boiled—_then_ he would break the fellow down, or—there was a dire inward whisper, to which his soul assented.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)