All 23 Uses of
assent
in
David Copperfield
- I thanked him, and assented; and particularly small it looked, under those circumstances.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- He meant Ham, who beamed with delight and assent over the bag of shrimps.†
Chpt 7-9
- I thanked her, without making any demonstration of joy, lest it should induce her to withdraw her assent.†
Chpt 10-12
- I nodded assent.†
Chpt 10-12
- 'No doubt!' returned Miss Murdstone, though, I thought, not with a very ready or gracious assent.†
Chpt 13-15
- My aunt nodded assent.†
Chpt 13-15
- I assented to this proposal, in default of being able to suggest anything else.†
Chpt 19-21
- Mr. Barkis turned his eyes upon me, as if for my assent to this result of his reflections in bed; and I gave it.†
Chpt 19-21
- Miss Mowcher winked assent.†
Chpt 22-24
- I murmured an assent, which was full of feeling, considering that I knew nothing at all about him; and I inquired what Mr. Traddles was by profession.†
Chpt 25-27
- 'Far from it,' assented Miss Murdstone.†
Chpt 25-27
- As Traddles seemed to expect that I should assent to this as a matter of course, I nodded; and he went on, with the same sprightly patience — I can find no better expression — as before.†
Chpt 25-27
- I was unwilling to damp my good friend's confidence, and therefore assented.†
Chpt 34-36
- He assented to this in the most earnest manner; and implored me, if I should see him wandering an inch out of the right course, to recall him by some of those superior methods which were always at my command.†
Chpt 34-36
- Mr. Spenlow apologetically murmured his assent.†
Chpt 37-39
- 'Be it so,' assented Miss Lavinia, with a sigh — 'until I have had an opportunity of observing them.'†
Chpt 40-42
- 'Be it so, Clarissa!' assented Miss Lavinia resignedly — 'to me — and receiving our concurrence.†
Chpt 40-42
- He assented, and prepared to accompany me.†
Chpt 46-48
- I nodded assent to the pretty inquiry of the raised eyebrows, and kissed the parted lips.†
Chpt 46-48
- ' 'It is quite true,' assented Traddles.†
Chpt 52-54
- 'That is the principal, I may say the only difficulty, my dear Mr. Copperfield,' assented his wife.†
Chpt 52-54
- 'Precisely so,' assented Mrs. Micawber.†
Chpt 52-54
- My aunt, retaining her stiff position, and apparent composure, assented with a nod.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(assent) to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something