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assentor

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English

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Etymology

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From assent +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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assentor (plural assentors)

  1. Alternative form of assenter

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ad- +‎ sentiō (feel, perceive, think, agree). The difference in conjugation from the base verb is explained by Lewis and Short as resulting from frequentative formation (on an irregular stem assent- in place of assēns-) from assentior.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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assentor (present infinitive assentārī, perfect active assentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to assent, agree with, approve; flatter

Conjugation

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References

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  • assentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • assentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.