Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Giving assent; complying. Savage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing one who
assents , whoagrees .
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Examples
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The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition) 1911
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(Who can read without assentive chuckles his delicious "Lines to a Don!"
Shandygaff Christopher Morley 1923
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