All 10 Uses

assent
in
The Power and the Glory, by Cooke
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"Uh-huh," assented Buckheath.†
Chpt 3 *
"It is," she assented.†
Chpt 5
"Indeed it is not," assented MacPherson hastily.†
Chpt 6
"I reckon we are right funny," she assented.†
Chpt 10
"Ye-ah," he assented; "business.†
Chpt 13
The younger man looked also, and assented mutely, then suggested: "He hasn't come far; there's not a hair turned on him."†
Chpt 20
Yes, honey, it's three days and three nights," assented Laurella fearfully.†
Chpt 21
"Yes, there did," Johnnie assented wonderingly—falteringly.†
Chpt 22
"Nor my own clothes, I reckon," he assented with a sort of rueful testiness; "but to the best of my knowin' and believin', I never in my life before saw this shirt I'm wearin'—every garment I've got on is a plumb stranger to me, Johnnie.†
Chpt 23
"Like as not, bud," Pros assented gravely.†
Chpt 24

Definitions:

(1) (assent)
to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)