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ac·qui·esce

(ăk′wē-ĕs′)

intr.v. ac·qui·esced, ac·qui·esc·ing, ac·qui·esc·es

To consent or comply passively or without protest: "The newest protocols require that the subjects of research ... acquiesce to the ultimate objectives" (Steve Olson)."Socrates acquiesced in his own execution" (William H. Gass). See Synonyms at assent.

[Latin acquiēscere : ad-, ad- + quiēscere, to rest; see k^weiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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acquiesce

(ˌækwɪˈɛs)

(intr; often foll by in or to) to comply (with); assent (to) without protest

[C17: from Latin acquiēscere to remain at rest, agree without protest, from ad- at + quiēscere to rest, from quiēs quiet]

ˌacquiˈescence n

ˌacquiˈescent adj

ˌacquiˈescently adv

Usage: The use of to after acquiesce was formerly regarded as incorrect, but is now acceptable

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ac•qui•esce

(ˌæk wiˈɛs)

v.i. -esced, -esc•ing.

to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest (usu. fol. by in or to).

[1610–20; < Latin acquiēscere to rest, find comfort in =ac- ac- + quiēscere to rest, sleep; see quiescent]

ac`qui•esc′ing•ly, adv.

acquiesce

Past participle: acquiesced
Gerund: acquiescing

Imperative
acquiesce
acquiesce

Present
I acquiesce
you acquiesce
he/she/it acquiesces
we acquiesce
you acquiesce
they acquiesce

Preterite
I acquiesced
you acquiesced
he/she/it acquiesced
we acquiesced
you acquiesced
they acquiesced

Present Continuous
I am acquiescing
you are acquiescing
he/she/it is acquiescing
we are acquiescing
you are acquiescing
they are acquiescing

Present Perfect
I have acquiesced
you have acquiesced
he/she/it has acquiesced
we have acquiesced
you have acquiesced
they have acquiesced

Past Continuous
I was acquiescing
you were acquiescing
he/she/it was acquiescing
we were acquiescing
you were acquiescing
they were acquiescing

Past Perfect
I had acquiesced
you had acquiesced
he/she/it had acquiesced
we had acquiesced
you had acquiesced
they had acquiesced

Future
I will acquiesce
you will acquiesce
he/she/it will acquiesce
we will acquiesce
you will acquiesce
they will acquiesce

Future Perfect
I will have acquiesced
you will have acquiesced
he/she/it will have acquiesced
we will have acquiesced
you will have acquiesced
they will have acquiesced

Future Continuous
I will be acquiescing
you will be acquiescing
he/she/it will be acquiescing
we will be acquiescing
you will be acquiescing
they will be acquiescing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been acquiescing
you have been acquiescing
he/she/it has been acquiescing
we have been acquiescing
you have been acquiescing
they have been acquiescing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been acquiescing
you will have been acquiescing
he/she/it will have been acquiescing
we will have been acquiescing
you will have been acquiescing
they will have been acquiescing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been acquiescing
you had been acquiescing
he/she/it had been acquiescing
we had been acquiescing
you had been acquiescing
they had been acquiescing

Conditional
I would acquiesce
you would acquiesce
he/she/it would acquiesce
we would acquiesce
you would acquiesce
they would acquiesce

Past Conditional
I would have acquiesced
you would have acquiesced
he/she/it would have acquiesced
we would have acquiesced
you would have acquiesced
they would have acquiesced

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Verb

acquiesce - to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

assent, accede

agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"

connive - encourage or assent to illegally or criminally

acquiesce

verb submit, agree, accept, approve, yield, bend, surrender, consent, tolerate, comply, give in, conform, succumb, go along with, bow to, cave in (informal), concur, assent, capitulate, accede, play ball (informal), toe the line, hoist the white flag He seemed to acquiesce in the decision.
fight, refuse, protest, object, contest, resist, disagree, veto, dissent, balk at, demur

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acquiesce

verb

To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:

accede, accept, agree, assent, consent, nod, subscribe, yes.

Translations

يَقْبَل ، يُذْعِن لِ

souhlasitsvolit

føje sigindvillige

einwilligen

στέργω

acquiescer admettre

fallast á, láta undan

accettare acconsentire acquiescere sopportare

paklusnussutikimassutinkantis

piekrist

føye seg

aquiescer

razı olmak

同意

acquiesce

[ˌækwɪˈes] VI (= agree) → consentir (in en) → conformarse (in con) (unwillingly) → someterse, doblegarse

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acquiesce

[ˌækwiˈɛs] vi (= agree) → acquiescer
to acquiesce in sth [+ decision, idea] → acquiescer à qch
to acquiesce to sth [+ demand, arrangement, request] → consentir à qch

acquiesce

vi → einwilligen (→ in in +acc); (submissively) → sich fügen (→ in +dat)

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acquiesce

[ˌækwɪˈɛs] vi (frm) (agree) to acquiesce (to) → acconsentire (a)

acquiesce

(ӕkwiˈes) verb

to agree. After a lot of persuasion, he finally acquiesced.

acquiˈescence noun

acquiˈescent adjective

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We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

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If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the government must cease.

If a minority in such case will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which in turn will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.

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Cathy was a powerful ally at home; and between them they at length persuaded my master to acquiesce in their having a ride or a walk together about once a week, under my guardianship, and on the moors nearest the Grange: for June found him still declining.

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The loss of a few sides in a highly-developed Polygon is not easily noticed, and is sometimes compensated by a successful operation in the Neo-Therapeutic Gymnasium, as I have described above; and the Circles are too much disposed to acquiesce in infecundity as a Law of the superior development.

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Elizabeth said no more-- but her mind could not acquiesce. The possibility of meeting Mr.

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That is why many Ugandans might sue if the state acquiesces in the demand by a group of religionists that the state collect taxes on the group's behalf.

The gold in the hills of religion is the real problem

A country which acquiesces loses the ability to repudiate either the claim of another country to the territory subject to the said acquiescence or the validity of the exercise of control pursuant to the said claim.

'Acquiescence' And The Senkaku Island Debate

While ever a nurse or midwife acquiesces to participating in unpaid overtime or unrecorded time in lieu, the cause of our professions is put in jeopardy.