consent
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consent
- /kənˈsɛnt/ Canada, US, UK
- /kənˈsent/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-).
verb consents · consenting · consented · consent
- To express willingness, to give permission. After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.
- To cause to sign a consent form. When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant
- To grant; to allow; to assent to. Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.
- To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. And Saul was consenting unto his death.
noun consents
- Voluntary agreement or permission. All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.
- Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination. And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
- Advice; counsel.
