acquiesce
21acquiesce — verb Bush wants to ensure that Beijing will acquiesce in a possible American war against Iraq Syn: accept, consent to, agree to, allow, concede, assent to, concur with, give the nod to; comply with, cooperate with, give in to, bow to, yield to,… …
22acquiesce — intransitive verb ( esced; escing) Etymology: French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescere, from ad + quiescere to be quiet more at quiescent Date: 1651 to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively often used with in and sometimes with to… …
23acquiesce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. agree, accede, assent, concur, consent. See obedience, submission. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. consent, comply, submit; see agree , consent . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) …
24acquiesce — , acquiescence acquit, acquittal, acquitted …
25acquiesce — ac·qui·esce || ‚ækwɪ es v. accept without question; submit, yield, give in; agree …
26acquiesce — [ˌakwɪ ɛs] verb accept or consent to something without protest. Derivatives acquiescence noun acquiescent adjective Origin C17: from L. acquiescere, from ad to, at + quiescere to rest …
27acquiesce — v. n. 1. Yield, comply, submit, bow, rest, resign one s self, be reconciled, be resigned, be satisfied, rest satisfied, repose, rest content. 2. Assent, consent, agree, accede, concur, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go… …
28acquiesce — verb (I) formal to unwillingly agree to do what someone wants, or to let them do what they want, without arguing or complaining (+ in/to): The book accuses him of silently acquiescing in the Nazis persecution of the Jews …
29acquiesce — v (often fol. by in) assent, consent, concur, agree, accept, Inf. buy, accede; abide by, comply with, conform to; concede, admit, yield, Inf. come round; submit, bow to, give in, take it; acknowledge, recognize, grant, allow; subscribe to, fall… …
30acquiesce — ac·qui·esce …
