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consent

kәn'sent11 senses · 153 ms
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verb/kənˈsɛnt//kənˈsent/
  1. 1

    To express willingness, to give permission.intransitive

    • After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.
  2. 2

    To cause to sign a consent form.intransitivetransitive

    • When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant
  3. 3

    To grant; to allow; to assent to.intransitiveobsoletetransitive

    • Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.
  4. 4

    To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.intransitive

    • And Saul was consenting unto his death.
    • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.
noun/kənˈsɛnt//kənˈsent/
  1. 1

    Voluntary agreement or permission.countableintransitiveuncountable

    • All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.
  2. 2

    Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.countableintransitiveobsolete

    • And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
  3. 3

    Advice; counsel.countableintransitiveobsolete

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