Both Uses of
acquiesce
in
Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
- As I afterwards learned, the poor scrivener, when told that he must be conducted to the Tombs, offered not the slightest obstacle, but in his pale unmoving way, silently acquiesced.†
acquiesced = reluctantly complied
- Thinking it would prove of benefit to the scrivener, I acquiesced;
*acquiesced = complied (did what others wanted)
Definition:
reluctant or unenthusiastic compliance, consent, or agreement