consent
verb (used without object)
to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive).
had been consenting
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past perfect progressiveof consent.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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Since it so happens that he is escaped, I am glad you are a witness of the same, It might have else been laid unto my charge, That I had been consenting to the fact.
From Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
