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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquiesce \Ac`qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Acquiesced}; p.
pr & vb n. {Acquiescing}] [L. acquiescere ad + quiescere
to be quiet, fr quies rest: cf F. acquiescer. See {Quiet}.]
1. 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.
2. To concur upon conviction; as to acquiesce in an opinion;
to assent to usually, to concur, not heartily but so far
as to forbear opposition.
Syn: To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent;
accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acquiesce
v : to agree or express agreement: "Yes, the Maestro assented."
[syn: {assent}, {accede}, {comply}] [ant: {dissent}]
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