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acquiescent, a. and n.|ækwɪˈɛsənt|
[ad. L. acquiēscent-em, pr. pple. of acquiēsc-ĕre; see acquiesce, and -nt.]
A. adj. Acquiescing; disposed to acquiesce, quietly agree, or assent.
[1697: cf. acquiescently.] 1753Richardson Grandison xxiii. (1781) III. 236, I really think his Sisters are too acquiescent. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. ii. 38 The acquiescent policy of 1829 would again be followed.
B. n. One who acquiesces, who silently assents or submits.
1810Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) II. 117 Such fear-ridden and thence angry believers, or rather acquiescents, would do well to re-peruse the book of Job. |