consent
[kuh n-sent]
- to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- Archaic. to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony.
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- permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence: He gave his consent to the marriage.
- agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.: By common consent he was appointed official delegate.
- Archaic. accord; concord; harmony.
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Origin of consent
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English consenten < Anglo-French, Old French consentir < Latin consentīre (see consensus); (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.
Synonym study
1. See agree.
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Examples from the Web for consented
Contemporary Examples
Gerawan consented, but after a few months at the table, UFW balked again.
General Motors consented Friday to unprecedented oversight by Washington after it failed to recall vehicles with deadly ignitions.
She consented to the photos being taken, however, but the issue of consent when it comes to use if a completely separate.
While he consented to take a lie detector test, Farrow did not.
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February 8, 2014
He was cautious, but he consented again, on account that the two men had such friendly and protective dispositions.
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October 18, 2013
Historical Examples
And when my brother was about to marry that woman, and Mr. Shepler asked me to marry him, I consented.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Against the advice of his men Soto consented to go there with him.
The Trail BookMary Austin
But when I looked at her eyes again, I saw that she had not consented to my wish.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
And finally, since he could not help it, King Aegeus consented to let him go.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
He consented, and named the next day but one for the expedition.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
consent
- to give assent or permission (to do something); agree; accede
- (intr) obsolete to be in accord; agree in opinion, feelings, etc
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- acquiescence to or acceptance of something done or planned by another; permission
- accordance or harmony in opinion; agreement (esp in the phrase with one consent)
- age of consent the lowest age at which the law recognizes the right of a person to consent to sexual intercourse
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French consentir, from Latin consentīre to feel together, agree, from sentīre to feel
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Word Origin and History for consented
consent
v.
early 13c., from Old French consentir (12c.) "agree, comply," from Latin consentire "feel together," from com- "with" (see com-) + sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). "Feeling together," hence, "agreeing, giving permission," apparently a sense evolution that took place in French before the word reached English. Related: Consented; consenting.
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consent
n.
c.1300, "approval," also "agreement in sentiment, harmony," from Old French consente, from consentir (see consent (v.)). Age of consent is attested from 1809.
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