# consent
## English
### Etymology

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kənˈsɛnt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt
* Hyphenation: con‧sent

### Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)
* (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
    After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house.
** c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:My poverty, but not my will, consents.
* (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
** 2002, T Usmani with KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al., “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to canine tip”, in Journal of Orthodontics, volume 29, number 4, →DOI, →PMID:When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant
* (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
** 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.
* To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:1:And Saul was consenting unto his death.
** 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.

#### Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

#### Synonyms

* (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes, connive

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “intransitive”): disagree, object, oppose

#### Derived terms

* consentability
* consentee
* consenter
* consentor
* disconsent
* preconsent
* reconsent

#### Translations
### Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)
* Voluntary agreement or permission.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.
* (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:18:And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
* (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

#### Synonyms

* (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “voluntary agreement”): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

#### Derived terms

* advice and consent
* age of consent
* by common consent
* consensual non-consent
* consentaneous
* consent decree
* consentful
* consentless
* consent of the governed
* consent search
* consentual
* disconsent
* e-consent
* implied consent
* informed consent
* manufacture of consent
* nonconsent
* preconsent
* silence is consent
* unconsent
* with one consent

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “consent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “consent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* nocents

## Catalan
### Verb

consent
* inflection of consentir:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.sɑ̃/

### Verb

consent
* third-person singular present indicative of consentir