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Consent   /kənsˈɛnt/   Listen
noun
Consent  n.  
1.
Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord. "All with one consent began to make excuse." "They fell together all, as by consent."
2.
Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence. "The melodious consent of the birds." "Such is the world's great harmony that springs From union, order, full consent of things."
3.
Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission. "Thou wert possessed of David's throne By free consent of all."
4.
(Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
5.
(Physiol.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.
Synonyms: Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See Assent.
Age of consent (Law), an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.


verb
Consent  v. t.  To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. (Obs.) "Interpreters... will not consent it to be a true story."


Consent  v. i.  (past & past part. consented; pres. part. consenting)  
1.
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. "And Saul was consenting unto his death." "Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment."
2.
To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply. "My poverty, but not my will, consents." "And whispering "I will ne'er consent," consented."
Synonyms: To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.





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"Consent" Quotes from Famous Books



... free to proceed without his consent, wished they had not entered into an agreement with "the associates of the late Dr. Bray", but under the circumstances felt themselves bound to give the work at Purisburg a fair trial. In December, Schulius went to Purisburg to look over the ...
— The Moravians in Georgia - 1735-1740 • Adelaide L. Fries
... to consent to be my wife before I leave Rashleigh," he continued. "I know it will be the best and easiest plan if I can ...
— A Mad Love • Bertha M. Clay
... and even administer the laws to which they were all bound to submit, could not command the secular obedience of rude clans, or, with any prospect of success, lead them to battle against an enemy practised in all the stratagems of war. The people, therefore, demanded the consent of Samuel to a change in the structure of their government, that they might have a king, not only to preside over their civil affairs, but also to go out before them and ...
— Palestine or the Holy Land - From the Earliest Period to the Present Time • Michael Russell
... even less fluently than she wrote it, our conversation was necessarily in French. In this sweet tongue, so adapted to passion, I gave loose to the impetuous enthusiasm of my nature, and, with all the eloquence I could command, besought her to consent to an immediate marriage. ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe
... death. Oliver and Mildred resolved that if ever they should see Pastor Dendel again, they would ask him what he thought of all this. They agreed that they would offer to help Roger to seek for other curiosities, to make a show of; and would give him, for his own, all they could find, if he would but consent to bury this body again, decently, and beside ...
— The Settlers at Home • Harriet Martineau


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