consentient
Americanadjective
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agreeing; accordant.
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acting in harmonious agreement.
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unanimous, as an opinion.
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characterized by or having consentience.
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Etymology
Origin of consentient
1615–25; < Latin consentient- (stem of consentiēns, present participle of consentīre to consent; see -ent)
Example Sentences
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Whatsoever in nature is moved naturally, the same is set in motion both by its own forces and by the consentient compact of other bodies.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
He solemnly promised that he would propose to his hearers what would be conformed and consentient to these writings, and that he would never depart from the sense which they give.'
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
The proper proof of the statement is the consentient voice of all the copies,—except about nineteen of loose character:—we know their vagaries but too well, and decline to let them impose upon us.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
If that witness is consentient, or very nearly so, whether for or against any given reading, I hold it to be decisive.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
Now, my method on the contrary is to refer all such questions to “the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities.”
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
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