All 8 Uses of
assent
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- She also assented to this.†
Chpt 2 *
- She silently assented, and with her stool at arm's length, and the pail against her knee, went round to where they stood.†
Chpt 3
- He expressed assent in loving satire, looking into her face.†
Chpt 4
- She assented by relinquishing her pail and stool to the dairyman to take home, and mounted the spring-waggon beside Clare.†
Chpt 4
- The days of declining autumn which followed her assent, beginning with the month of October, formed a season through which she lived in spiritual altitudes more nearly approaching ecstasy than any other period of her life.†
Chpt 4
- As they could not talk with freedom in the driver's presence he asked her to accompany him for a few steps on foot along one of the branch roads; she assented, and directing the man to wait a few minutes they strolled away.†
Chpt 5
- The workman assented, and followed her to the landing.†
Chpt 7
- She passively assented, and putting the room in order, they took up the few articles that belonged to them, and departed noiselessly.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something