assent• He apparently took my blank-eyed look as an assent.• The monarch gave formalassent to any legislative measure approved by the two houses.• She nodded her assent and came down from the tree.• The court gave its assent.• There was a knock on the door, and when he gruntedmuffledassent it opened and some one came in.• On 16 January 1707 the Treaty of Union received its royalassent.• Royal assent was given to the Bill in August.• The raising of taxes or the dispensing of laws without the assent of Parliament was declared to be illegal.• By convention, this assent is always forthcoming.
gave ... assent• The monarch gave formal assent to any legislative measure approved by the two houses.• The Presidentretired for 20 minutes, and then gave his assent to the strike.
assent2 verb [intransitiveI] formal
AGREEto agree to a suggestion, idea etc after considering it carefully 〔经审慎考虑后〕同意,赞成
assent to
They assented to his request to work from home.
他们同意他在家上班的请求。
Examples from the Corpus
assent• Mr. Waldegrave I know that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me, because I can see him assenting.• You come here and you assent.• There are a very few reservations such as assenting to an alteration of the succession to the throne.• In Britain, most people with an informedopinion would assent to it enthusiastically.• That celebratedsage, the man on the Clapham omnibus, would no doubt readily assent to it.• The Commanderassented to this as the only feasiblesolution, and the order was sent accordingly by medium-wave transmitter.• I can assent to this, but not that.• The gods assented, well pleased with the two.
From Longman Business Dictionary
assentas·sent /əˈsent/ nounLAW
1[uncountableU] formal agreement by someone
Any such decision would require the assent of two thirds of shareholders.