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- noun Plural form of
assent . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
assent .
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Examples
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It carries its own light and evidence with it, and needs no other proof: he that understands the terms assents to it for its own sake or else nothing will ever be able to prevail with him to do it.
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Christ is no hard master, who expects to reap in assents where he has not sown in arguments.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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The third topic concerns the assents, which is related to the things which are persuasive and attractive.
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Oliver asks his estranged father for money; his father assumes he's gotten some girl "in trouble," and rather than admit his enduring love for his wife, "the wrong girl," Oliver assents.
Susan Straight: Valentine's Day: It Should No Longer Be About the Wrong Side of the Tracks Susan Straight 2012
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Oliver asks his estranged father for money; his father assumes he's gotten some girl "in trouble," and rather than admit his enduring love for his wife, "the wrong girl," Oliver assents.
Susan Straight: Valentine's Day: It Should No Longer Be About the Wrong Side of the Tracks Susan Straight 2012
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Rhonda challenged herself on slabs of the like she had never faced before and Craig … well he made his first assents ever and truly mastered his fears as he enjoyed some fabulous climbs.
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The IMF staff report also said it assents to an Irish request to bring forward some of the IMF program funding in late 2012 to earlier in the year because of increased turmoil in Europe's bond markets.
IMF Urges EU to Support Ireland Eamon Quinn 2011
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And then, as the dying boy insists Daisy wed him so he can continue to look after her once he's gone to which his dear father assents, and their scenes together wrecked me, the lowly kitchen maid reluctantly agrees, bullied along the way by Mrs. Patmore.
Matt's TV Week in Review: Stunts on Grey's and Glee, and More 2012
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Oliver asks his estranged father for money; his father assumes he's gotten some girl "in trouble," and rather than admit his enduring love for his wife, "the wrong girl," Oliver assents.
Susan Straight: Valentine's Day: It Should No Longer Be About the Wrong Side of the Tracks Susan Straight 2012
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Oliver asks his estranged father for money; his father assumes he's gotten some girl "in trouble," and rather than admit his enduring love for his wife, "the wrong girl," Oliver assents.
Susan Straight: Valentine's Day: It Should No Longer Be About the Wrong Side of the Tracks Susan Straight 2012
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