Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Assent
assembly (assemblies)assert (asserting)
assent, v. [OFr < L. ad, to + sentīre, feel, perceive, think.] (webplay: sense).
Agree; yield; concede; concur; give in; conform in practice; [possible word play on “ascent”.]
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