| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To yield, surrender, submit or afford.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To conquer. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To follow or obey.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb acquiesce.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (acquiesce) | 1. To agree or express agreement.[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: acquiescing, acquiesced, acquiesces, acquiescer, acquiescers, acquiescingly and acquiescedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ACQUIESCING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ACQUIESCING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Quietly submitting; resting content.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of acquiesce. (references) | ||
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