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

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

It is Miltonic in conception and Dantesque in expression; the syllables ring out in pure concent, like blasts from a silver clarion.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

For a frame and building growes weake and vnseemely wherin cannot be found a sweete harmonie and commodulate order and concent.

From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert

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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald

The latter is more probable, as Purchas observes that the Consent kept no concent with her consorts.

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