acquiesce
verb (used without object)
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent.
had acquiesced
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past perfectof acquiesce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Vatican said the pope had acquiesced to the doctors’ request “with great regret.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Even if Putin had acquiesced to Kozak's plan, it remains uncertain if the war would have ended.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2022
“Uma thought I had acquiesced to them not letting her see the footage,” Tarantino said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2018
On the day Cowperthwaite found out SeaWorld had acquiesced to public pressure, she was in the midst of filming the movie’s most harrowing scene: the moment Cpl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2017
Her mother had acquiesced from sheer force of circumstances.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
