a. [ F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. Sooth. ]
What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. absentaneus. See absent ] Pertaining to absence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated;
n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who absents one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an absent or abstracted manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being absent; withdrawal. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. --
n. The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. --
v. t.
Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. assent, fr. assentir. See Assent, v. ] The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]
Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Royal assent,
n. [ L. assentatio. See Assent, v. ] Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]
Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. assentari to assent constantly. ] An obsequious; a flatterer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Flattering; obsequious. [ Obs. ] --
n. One who assents. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Assenting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Giving or implying assent. --
a. Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. --
n. Assent; agreement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Partaking of the same essence. --
We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
n. Participation of the same essence. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
My poverty, but not my will, consents. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And whispering “I will ne'er consent, ” -- consented. Byron.
v. t. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. consent. ]
All with one consent began to make excuse. Luke xiv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
They fell together all, as by consent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The melodious consent of the birds. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such is the world's great harmony that springs
From union, order, full consent of things. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou wert possessed of David's throne
By free consent of all. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Age of consent (Law),
n. Mutual agreement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. consentaneus. ] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. [ 1913 Webster ]
A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.
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a. [ F., p. pr. of consentir. ] Consenting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. One who consents. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent. ] Agreeing in mind; accordant. [ 1913 Webster ]
The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Perceiving together. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To dissent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Dissent. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Law) To free from entailment. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]
To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.
adj.
n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Disinter. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Enthrall. ] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.
n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.
v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of title or claim. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]