acquiesce
verb (used without object)
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent.
acquiesces
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present tense formof acquiesce (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then he acquiesces: "The main aim is to try to make a superhero film in Hollywood."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2023
My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
For now, the feline acquiesces; I head toward the kitchen.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021
There’s plenty of evidence that not everyone acquiesces to its numbness, from the intentional agitation of the band 100 gecs to the incisive investigations of the sensual by novelists like Garth Greenwell and Bryan Washington.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021
History ratifies the conclusion, and the common sense of mankind practically acquiesces in it.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
