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- verb   Present participle of acquiesce .
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Examples
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								But several instances have come to my knowledge, in which Union men of a sterner cast than those described as acquiescing compromisers were defeated in the election, and, aside from Report on the Condition of the South Carl Schurz 1867 
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								And yet the idea of acquiescing in his friend's sudden departure was very painful to him. Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848 
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								Even more egregiously misleading is the claim that the President abused his power by "acquiescing" in the efforts of the Secret Service to assert a protective function privilege. 
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								Even more egregiously misleading is the claim that the President abused his power by "acquiescing" in the efforts of the Secret Service to assert a protective function privilege. Initial Response To Referral Of Office Of Independent Counsel ITY National Archives 1998 
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								"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh – "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas." The Wide, Wide World 1892 
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								"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh,  "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas." The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852 
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								"Well!" said Ellen, with a kind of acquiescing sigh, "at any rate now we must wait until next Christmas." The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852 
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								Paul Hogan of "acquiescing" in the establishment and operation of structures designed to avoid tax, in partly censored documents released to the Federal Court late yesterday. 
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								Gould said Burns has abandoned his conservative principles in favor of "acquiescing" to Gov. azcentral.com | news 2009 
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								We might feel that this is a weak option because we are somehow 'acquiescing' to their bad behaviour. British Blogs 2008 
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