ASSENT, ASSENTING
ADJECTIVES
► ACQUIESCENT disposed to quietly assent or agree → 1753
► ASSENTANEOUS inclined to assent, ready to agree, deferential → 1834
► SUFFRAGATING assenting; voting → 1684 obs.
INTERJECTIONS
► AY-LA! an exclamation of assent, surprise, or grief → 1952 Amer. dial.
► HERE’S AT YOU! an exclamation of assent or resolution → 1835 Amer. dial. arch.
► NOT HALF! an exclamation of assent, approval, agreement, etc. → 1920 UK sl.
► RIBUCK! ► RYEBUCK! an exclamation of assent; all right! I am satisfied! → 1859 chiefly Aust.
► THERE-AGAIN! an exclamation of assent or surprise → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WORD! an exclamation of assent → 1987 US sl.
NOUNS
► ACCEPTATION assent, acquiescence, belief → 1611
► ADSTIPULATION formal assent, agreement; approval, support → 1598
NOUNS, PERSON
► ACQUIESCENT a person who silently assents or submits → 1810
PHRASES
► ABSOLUTELY MR. GALLAGHER, POSTIVELY MR. SHEAN used for a humorous assent → 1922 US sl.
VERBS
► ANNUATE to nod in assent or agreement to something; to give one’s approval to → 1585 obs.
► KNOWLEDGE to assent or agree to do something → 1343 obs.
► YEA-SAY to assent, to say ‘yea’; to assent to → 1875
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