All 5 Uses of
assent
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- The Greeks in shouts their joint assent declare, The priest to reverence, and release the fair.†
Book 1 *
- To whom assenting, thus the Thunderer said: "Go!†
Book 5
- The queen assents, and from the infernal bowers Invokes the sable subtartarean powers, And those who rule the inviolable floods, Whom mortals name the dread Titanian gods.†
Book 14
- The troops assent; their martial arms they change: The busy chiefs their banded legions range.†
Book 14
- She said: the cloud-compeller, overcome, Assents to fate, and ratifies the doom.†
Book 16
Definition:
to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something