consentient

[ kuhn-sen-shuhnt ]

adjective

1. agreeing; accordant.
2. acting in harmonious agreement.
3. unanimous, as an opinion.
4. characterized by or having consentience.

consentient

/ kənˈsɛnʃənt /

adjective

1. being in agreement; united in opinion

Derived Forms

• conˈsentience, noun

Other Words From

• con·sentient·ly adverb
• uncon·sentient adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consentient¹

1615–25; < Latin consentient- (stem of consentiēns, present participle of consentīre to consent; -ent )

Example Sentences

But, with the catchwords of Utilitarianism ringing in their ears, the commentators ran straight contrary to the true teaching of the Protagoras, consentient as it is with that of the Phaedo and the Philebus.

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This principle is often illustrated in the independent yet consentient testimony of the whole body of the Cursives and later Uncials61.

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It will be admitted that the consentient testimony of persons in every stage of belief and prejudice, of ignorance and learning, cannot agree, as it does agree, by virtue of some "fluctuation of public opinion".

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If clear and consentient Patristic testimony to the Text of Scripture is not to be deemed forcible witness to its Truth,—whither shall a man betake himself for constraining Evidence?

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It seems impossible to represent in human speech, or by any symbols intelligible to the human mind, the variety and immensity of this consentient testimony of all historic time and place.

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Related Words

• consistent
• solid
• unified
• united
• universal