consentient
Americanadjective
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agreeing; accordant.
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acting in harmonious agreement.
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unanimous, as an opinion.
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characterized by or having consentience.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- consentience noun
- consentiently adverb
- unconsentient adjective
Etymology
Origin of consentient
1615–25; < Latin consentient- (stem of consentiēns, present participle of consentīre to consent; see -ent)
Example Sentences
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Have I not persistently enquired for the verdict—so far as it has been obtainable—of consentient Antiquity?
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Even the generally consentient voice of Doctors and Fathers, as far as it could be ascertained, was held to be of the same authoritative kind.
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William
Now, my method on the contrary is to refer all such questions to “the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities.”
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
He solemnly promised that he would propose to his hearers what would be conformed and consentient to these writings, and that he would never depart from the sense which they give.'
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
Not that even these seven so-called consentient witnesses are in complete accord among themselves.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William
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