assent
verb (used without object)
to agree or concur; subscribe to (often followed byto ).
were assenting
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past progressiveof assent.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She said, very low, 'Yes, Arthur,' as if she were assenting to some statement I had made, as perhaps she was.
From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Dame Rose Macaulay
Here Mr. Bat moved his head, as if he were assenting to a remark of his friend General Jackson.
From Trumps by George William Curtis
