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Acquiesce
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. 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. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. De Quincey.
2. 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.
Synonyms: submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.