All 5 Uses of
assent
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "Rather!" assented the innkeeper yawning.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- "Yes; know each other through and through," assented Porfiry Petrovitch, and he screwed up his eyes, looking earnestly at Raskolnikov.†
Chpt 4.6
- Sonia hurriedly assented.†
Chpt 5.1
- "Yes, yes, that's it," Lebeziatnikov assented gleefully, "that must be it, for he asked me, as soon as Sofya Semyonovna came into our room, whether you were here, whether I had seen you among Katerina Ivanovna's guests.†
Chpt 5.3
- "Yes," she assented in a faint voice.†
Chpt 5.4
Definition:
to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something