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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
assent .
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Examples
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When, a few years later, Lord Elgin assented to the Rebellion Losses Bill, he established in Canada the practice and procedure of British parliamentary government.
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Doone's expression assented but he said merely, 'I'll take another look upstairs now, if you please, sir.'
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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Doone's expression assented but he said merely, 'I'll take another look upstairs now, if you please, sir.'
Longshot Francis, Dick 1990
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Second, that the entire Reichstag assented to the declarations made by the speakers on Tuesday that the Emperor had exceeded his constitutional prerogatives in private discussion with foreigners concerning Germany's attitude on controverted questions.
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John Scarlett, chairman of the joint intelligence committee (JIC), also 'assented' that Saddam had no such weapons, says Cook.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Blair 'knew Iraq had no WMD' (Times of London) 2007
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John Scarlett, chairman of the joint intelligence committee (JIC), also "assented" that Saddam had no such weapons, says Cook. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Blair 'knew Iraq had no WMD' (Times of London) 2007
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John Scarlett, chairman of the joint intelligence committee JIC, also "assented" that Saddam had no such weapons, says Cook.
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John Scarlett, chairman of the joint intelligence committee JIC, also "assented" that Saddam had no such weapons, says Cook.
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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"I believe I don't altogether dislike it, sir," assented "Cobbler" Horn in response to the minister's last remark.
The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn J. W. Keyworth
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After all, if he had not "assented" to the plan, as he says in his book, he could have acted to save lives.
Accuracy In Media 2009
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