acquiesce
verb (used without object)
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent.
had been acquiescing
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past perfect progressiveof acquiesce.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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While Harwood's mind was busy with these reflections he had been acquiescing in various speculations in which Mrs. Owen had been indulging, without really being conscious of their import.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
