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

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 Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

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

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 Kerr, Robert