Both Uses of
assent
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He remained standing, but he inclined his head a little, in assent, and said, "I will listen, if that will help you."†
Chpt 1.7 *
- Her head dropped, as if in assent and in greeting, but her hand bore down heavily upon her cane, for a moment, while she stood reliving their last encounter: the tortured hour of waiting, then the gently distant face at the desk and the tinkling of a glass-paneled door closing upon a stranger.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(assent) to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something