All 4 Uses of
assent
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- He therefore assented tacitly to the proposition which Mrs. Penniman had tacitly laid down, that it was of importance that the poor motherless girl should have a brilliant woman near her.†
Chpt 2
- His assent could only be tacit, for he had never been dazzled by his sister's intellectual lustre.†
Chpt 2 *
- Even to this inquiry she gave no audible assent; she simply let him put his arm round her waist—as she did so it occurred to her more vividly than it had ever done before, that this was a singular place for a gentleman's arm to be—and in a moment he was guiding her round the room in the harmonious rotation of the polka.†
Chpt 4
- Catherine assented to this proposition, and was very happy to know that Morris was his own master; but she was deprived of the satisfaction of thinking that she might communicate this news in triumph to her father.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something