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to express agreement — especially with a statement or proposal to do something

Her black sounds charmed me, and she wove her black ribbons as the rain hammered assent.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban

"Yes, she is inquisitive," assented the prince.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
Their anxiety was becoming intense; but, not wishing to betray it, they readily assented to Mr. Fallentin's proposal of a rubber.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
] "I suppose ... yes ...." said Slughorn in a rather agitated voice, while Hagrid let out a strangled sob of assent.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
On Walpurgisnacht, we celebrate a sacred evening and commemorate the great moments of our past... There was a hissing murmur of assent from the demons.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
Silence, a murmur of assenting voices.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
To this summons you must not, you cannot, refuse your assent.
David McCullough -- John Adams
"Sure you have, Pete," assented the woman.
Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
There was a chorus of friendly assent as the men settled onto their stools at the bar.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
"Of course," Amun said, his tone so emotionless that it was impossible to tell if there was any fear or sarcasm in his assent.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
She takes my silence as assent.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
Some of the older satyrs muttered assent.
Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
Thomas Stone stammered assent.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Inspector Thomas Mathew nodded his assent and left.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
"Yes, Reverend Sir," said the venerable Ananda to The Blessed One in assent, and spread the couch with its head to the north between twin sal-trees.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
"That's so," assented the deserter, reluctantly desisting.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
He longed to assure himself of a tacit assent from her.
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
"It is so," assented Defarge, without being asked.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
Their murmurs of assent and disapproval gave her a sense of order and rightness.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
Alan grunted in assent, and soon he felt what seemed to be the entirety of a man's forearm on his head.
Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King

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