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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛnt/ Audio: En-ncalif-assent.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: assents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sent-|id=feel}}, {{inh|en|enm|assent|pos=noun}} Middle English assent (noun), {{m|enm|assenten|pos=verb}} assenten (verb), {{der|en|fro|assent|pos=noun}} Old French assent (noun), {{m|fro|assentir|pos=verb}} assentir (verb), {{der|en|la|assentiō}} Latin assentiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} assent (countable and uncountable, plural assents)
  1. agreement; act of agreeing Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (agreement, act of agreeing): съгласие (sǎglasie) (Bulgarian), одобрение (odobrenie) (Bulgarian), approvatzioni (Campidanese Sardinian), suostumus (Finnish), myöntymys (Finnish), assentiment [masculine] (French), cunsènsu (Gallurese), assenso (Italian), assensio [feminine] (Latin), āetanga (Maori), whakaaetanga (Maori), samtykke [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), samtykkje [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sankcja [feminine] (Polish), assentimento [masculine] (Portuguese), sanção [feminine] (Portuguese), согла́сие (soglásije) [neuter] (Russian), одобре́ние (odobrénije) [neuter] (Russian), утвержде́ние (utverždénije) [neuter] (Russian), assensu (Sassarese), aonta [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), asentimiento [masculine] (Spanish), samtycke (Swedish), kabul (Turkish), onay (Turkish), cydsyniad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-assent-en-noun-KL5cqFXh Disambiguation of 'agreement, act of agreeing': 99 1
  2. (countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Property law
    Sense id: en-assent-en-noun-AmsLkrd1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 80 17 Topics: law, property
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: approval, consent, sanction Derived forms: royal assent Related terms: assentor

Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsɛnt/ Audio: En-ncalif-assent.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: assents [present, singular, third-person], assenting [participle, present], assented [participle, past], assented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sent-|id=feel}}, {{inh|en|enm|assent|pos=noun}} Middle English assent (noun), {{m|enm|assenten|pos=verb}} assenten (verb), {{der|en|fro|assent|pos=noun}} Old French assent (noun), {{m|fro|assentir|pos=verb}} assentir (verb), {{der|en|la|assentiō}} Latin assentiō Head templates: {{en-verb}} assent (third-person singular simple present assents, present participle assenting, simple past and past participle assented)
  1. (intransitive) To agree to a proposal. Tags: intransitive Hyponyms: accede, acquiesce, authorize, sanction Related terms: approval Translations (to agree, give approval): одобрявам (odobrjavam) (Bulgarian), съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se) (Bulgarian), suostua (Finnish), myöntää (Finnish), assentir (French), assentire (Italian), assentiō (Latin), whakakoia (Maori), whakaae (Maori), āe (Maori), samtykke (Norwegian Bokmål), samtykkje (Norwegian Nynorsk), assentir (Occitan), assentir (Portuguese), añiy (Quechua), huñiy (Quechua), одобря́ть (odobrjátʹ) (Russian), соглаша́ться (soglašátʹsja) (Russian), pristanak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), odobrenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), súhlasiť (Slovak), asentir (Spanish), consentir (Spanish), samtycka (Swedish), kabul etmek (Turkish), onaylamak (Turkish), rıza göstermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-assent-en-verb-noB5RlI2 Synonyms: assent, agree, approve, grant Synonyms (admit a thing as true): affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate Synonyms (give approval): consent

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} assent
  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of assō Tags: active, form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: assō
    Sense id: en-assent-la-verb-J5Q8BgCz Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "admit a thing as true",
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          "sense": "admit a thing as true",
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          "roman": "odobrjavam",
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          "word": "одобрявам"
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          "roman": "sǎglasjavam se",
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          "word": "съгласявам се"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
          "word": "suostua"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
          "word": "myöntää"
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
          "word": "assentir"
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
          "word": "assentire"
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "word": "āe"
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "word": "одобря́ть"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
          "word": "asentir"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "word": "kabul etmek"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "ref": "1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9",
          "text": "A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "word": "съгласие"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "odobrenie",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "одобрение"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "suostumus"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "myöntymys"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cunsènsu"
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "assenso"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "āetanga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "whakaaetanga"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "samtykke"
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "samtykkje"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sankcja"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "assentimento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sanção"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soglásije",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "согла́сие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odobrénije",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "одобре́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utverždénije",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "утвержде́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sc",
          "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "approvatzioni"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "assensu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aonta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asentimiento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "samtycke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
          "word": "kabul"
        },
        {
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      "word": "suostua"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "assentire"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "no",
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      "word": "samtykke"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
      "word": "assentir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
      "word": "assentir"
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      "word": "añiy"
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      "code": "qu",
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      "word": "huñiy"
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      "word": "одобря́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "pristanak"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
      "word": "súhlasiť"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "asentir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
      "word": "onaylamak"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to agree, give approval",
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          "ref": "1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, in Trains Illustrated, page 9",
          "text": "A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.",
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        "(countable, property law) A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will."
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnt"
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      "homophone": "ascent"
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      "word": "consent"
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      "word": "sanction"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎglasie",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "съгласие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "odobrenie",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "одобрение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "suostumus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "myöntymys"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assentiment"
    },
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      "code": "sdn",
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      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "cunsènsu"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "assenso"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "assensio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "āetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "whakaaetanga"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "samtykke"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "samtykkje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sankcja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assentimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanção"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soglásije",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "согла́сие"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odobrénije",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одобре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utverždénije",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "утвержде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "approvatzioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "assensu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aonta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asentimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "samtycke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "kabul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "word": "onay"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "agreement, act of agreeing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cydsyniad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assent"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "assent",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "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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