Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who assents. See
assentor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who assents.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
assents .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who assents
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus he became a tacit assenter in wrong-doing, for circumstances thrust this, once in a while, upon the best of our citizens.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Thus he became a tacit assenter in wrong-doing, for circumstances thrust this, once in a while, upon the best of our citizens.
The Celebrity, Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909
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Thus he became a tacit assenter in wrong-doing, for circumstances thrust this, once in a while, upon the best of our citizens.
The Celebrity, Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Assenting Annie didn't throw any back, as Annie is merely as assenter, but neither of the honorable ladies who were coming to break my bread knew that Susie McDougal's ears were hearing ears.
Miss Gibbie Gault Kate Langley Bosher 1898
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Presently he called on his comrades to stop, and held with them a long palaver, in which the French horn seemed to be an objector, and the trombone an assenter, while the key-bugle didn't seem to care.
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With the greatest good nature and good breeding, he was the very opposite to an assenter.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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