acquiesce
verb (used without object)
to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent.
have acquiesced
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present perfectof acquiesce.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No administration would have dared, and no department official would have acquiesced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Some Big Tech companies have acquiesced to governmental demands restricting apps.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
"Why do you want to undertake that burden instead of just arguing substantive due process, which as much as I think it's wrong, I have -- even I have acquiesced in it?"
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2010
“Why do you want to undertake that burden,” Justice Scalia said, “instead of just arguing substantive due process, which as much as I think it’s wrong, even I have acquiesced in it?”
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2010
I feel myself the most unpardonable of all not to have acquiesced, without one ungenerous question, or even conjecture; in full reliance upon the right and the necessity of your silence.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
