concent

American  

[kuhn-sent] / kənˈsɛnt /

noun

Archaic.

1. concord of sound, voices, etc.; harmony.

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concent British  

/ kənˈsɛnt /

noun

1. archaic a concord, as of sounds, voices, etc

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Etymology

Origin of concent

1575–85; < Latin concentus harmony, chorus, literally, singing or playing together, equivalent to concen-, variant stem of concinere to sing together ( con- con- + -cinere, combining form of canere to sing; cf. chant) + -tus suffix of v. action

Example Sentences

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concent

As such, it is a new concent in international lending which differs from both the World Bank and the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blithe, on their anvils Even-hued, blent The hammers' concent; From the Brugh the bard's song Brake sweet and strong; Proud beauty graced The field where knights jousted and charioteers raced.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Alfred Perceval Graves

Purchas remarks punningly in a side-note, "That the Consent held no concent with the Dragon and Hector."

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

Lovely formes do flowe From concent devinely framed, Heav'n is musick, and thy beawtie's Birth is heavenly.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden

Let then love and beauty meet, Making one divine concent Constant as the sounds and sweet, That enchant the firmament.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen