Con*sent" , n. [Cf. OF. consent.]
1. Agreement in opinion or
sentiment; the being of one
mind; accord.
All with one consent began to make excuse.
Luke xiv.
18.
They fell together all, as by consent.
Shak.
2. Correspondence
in parts, qualities, or operations;
agreement; harmony; coherence.
The melodious consent of the birds.
Holland.
Such is the world's great
harmony that springs
From union, order, full consent of things.
Pope.
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.
Milton.
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.
Syn. -- 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.
Con*sent" , v. t. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to
admit. [Obs.]
Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story.
Milton.
Con*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consented;
p. pr. & vb. n
Consenting.]
[F. consentir, fr. L. consentire, -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See Sense.] 1. To
agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to
accord; to concur.
And Saul was
consenting unto his death.
Acts. viii. 1.
Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.
Fuller.
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.
Shak.
And whispering "I will ne'er consent," -- consented.
Byron.
Syn. -- To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.
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