Assent
King James Dictionary [1]
ASSENT', n. L. assensus, from assentior, to assent, of ad and sentio, to thing.
1. The act of the mind in admitting, or agreeing to, the truth of a proposition.
Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer.
2. Consent agreement to a proposal, respecting some right or interest as, the bill before the house has the assent of a great majority of the members.
The distinction between assent and consent seems to be this: assent is the agreement to an abstract proposition. We assent to a statement, but we do not consent to it. Consent is an agreement to some proposal or measure which affects the rights or interest of the consenter. We consent to a proposal of marriage. This distinction however is not always observed. See Consent.
3. Accord agreement. 2 Chronicles 18 .
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
That act of the mind whereby it takes or acknowledges any proposition to be true or false. There are three degrees of assent: conjecture, opinion, and belief. Conjecture is but a slight and weak inclination to assent to the thing proposed, by reason of the weighty objections that lie against it. Opinion is a more steady and fixed assent; when a man is almost certain, though yet some fear of the contrary remains with him. Belief is a more full and assured assent to the truth.
See Belief
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (v. t.) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.
(2): (v.) The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [4]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
a - sent ´: Twice used in the King James Version as equivalent to "voice," and to "consent," and displaced in both instances in the Revised Version (British and American) by the literal rendering of the Hebrew peh , "mouth" ( 2 Chronicles 18:12 ); and the Greek suntithēmi , "agree to," i.e. "affirm" ( Acts 24:9 ).
