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Webster 1913 Edition

Consent

Con-sent′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Consented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Consenting
.]
[F.
consentir
, fr. L.
consentire
,
-sensum
, to feel together, agree;
con-
+
sentire
to feel. See
Sense
.]
1.
To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
And Saul was
consenting
unto his death.
Acts. viii. 1.
Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much
consenting
with him in jugdment.
Fuller.
2.
To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
My poverty, but not my will,
consents
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.

Con-sent′

,
Verb.
T.
To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit.
[Obs.]
Interpreters . . . will not
consent
it to be a true story.
Milton.

Con-sent′

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
consent
.]
1.
Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.
All with one
consent
began to make excuse.
Luke xiv. 18.
They fell together all, as by
consent
.
Shakespeare
2.
Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.
The melodious
consent
of the birds.
Holland.
Such is the world’s great harmony that springs
From union, order, full
consent
of things.
Pope.
3.
Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.
Thou wert possessed of David's throne
By free
consent
of all.
Milton.
4.
(Law)
Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.
Syn. – Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See
Assent
.
Age of consent
(Law)
,
an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.

Webster 1828 Edition

Consent

CONSENT

,
Noun.
[L., to be of one mind, to agree; to think, feel or perceive. See Sense and Assent.]
1.
Agreement of the mind to what is proposed or state by another; accord; hence, a yielding of the mind or will to that which is proposed; as, a parent gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter. We generally use this word in cases where power, rights, and claims are concerned. We give consent, when we yield that which we have a right to withhold; but we do not give consent to a mere opinion, or abstract proposition. In this case, we give our assent. But assent is also used in conceding what we may withhold. We give our assent to the marriage of a daughter. Consequently, assent has a more extensive application than consent. But the distinction is not always observed. Consent often amounts to permission.
Defraud ye not one another, except with consent for a time. 1 Corinthians 7.
2.
Accord of minds; agreement; unity of opinion.
All with one consent began to make excuse. Luke 14.
The company of priests murder by consent. Hosea. 6.
3.
Agreement; coherence; correspondence in parts, qualities, or operation.
Such is the worlds great harmony that springs from union, order, full consent of things.
4.
In the animal economy, an agreement, or sympathy, by which one affected part of the system affects some distant part. This consent is supposed to exist in, or be produced by the nerves; and the affections to be communicated from one part to another by means of their ramifications and distribution through the body. Thus, the stone in the bladder, by vellicating the fibers, will produce spasms and colic in the bowels; a shameful thing seen or heard will produce blushing in the cheeks. But many facts indicate that other causes than nervous communication produce sympathy.

CONSENT

,
Verb.
I.
[L. See the Noun.]
1.
Literally, to think with another. Hence, to agree or accord. More generally, to agree in mind and will; to yield to what one has the power, the right, or the disposition to withhold, or refuse to grant.
If sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1.
And Saul was consenting to Stephens death. Acts 8.
Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. Genesis 34.
2.
To agree.
When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him. Psalm 1.
3.
To assent.
I consent to the law that it is good. Romans 7. 1 Timothy 6.

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