acquiesce Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb to agree or express agreement
accede; assent.
- The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
WordNet
Ac`qui*esce" intransitive verb
Etymology
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Definitions
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To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.
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To concur upon conviction; as, to ; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.acquiesce in an opinionSyn. -- To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.