See assent on Wiktionary
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"word": "assō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō"
],
"links": [
[
"assō",
"asso#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "assent"
}
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