consent
noun
- expression granting permission; indication of agreement with a proposal; acknowledgement that an item meets requirements
verb
- to give assent, as to the proposal of another
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnt/
noun
Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-).
- Voluntary agreement or permission.
“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.”
- Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
“And they all with one consent began to make excuse.”
- Advice; counsel.
verb
Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-).
- To express willingness, to give permission.
“After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.”
“My poverty, but not my will, consents.”
- To cause to sign a consent form.
“When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant”
- To grant; to allow; to assent to.
“Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.”
- 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 judgment.”