Sentence examples for was assent from inspiring English sources
verb
To agree, to give approval.
Interested parents came to school with the child on the day of the study, and written informed consent was obtained from each parent, as was assent from each girl.
Written informed consent from each adult (≥18 years) patient was obtained prior to performing any study-specific procedures, as was assent and written parental consent for each adolescent (12 17 years) patient.
The bill then passed the Senate and was assented to by the President.
Silence from George W. Bush is assent.
There's assent and applause from the crowd.
But it is still a mistake to suppose that it is assent to the propositions that makes you a believer.
Recall that opinion is assent to a false impression.
Pinto 2001 suggests that the aim of many arguments does not appear to be assent to the truth of a proposition but the withholding of assent (or full assent) or a particular attitude.
What underlies this form of skepticism is assent to the proposition that we cannot know EI-type propositions because our evidence is inadequate.
Faith, on the other hand, is assent to any proposition "…upon the credit of the proposer, as coming from God, in some extraordinary way of communication".
There are times when silence is assent -- and this is one of them.
