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单词 assentation
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assentationn.

/asənˈteɪʃən/
Etymology: < French assentation (Cotgrave), < Latin assentātiōn-em , noun of action < assentāri : see assent v. and -ation suffix.
The action of assenting to the opinions of another; esp. obsequious or servile expression or act of assent.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile agreement
assentation1481
suppleness1638
compliance1649
yessirring1928
the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > action of
subscribing1444
assentation1481
astipulation1595
assenting1651
accedence1795
yea-saying1876
1481 J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero Tulle on Friendship C j/2 To gete the same benyvolence by meane of flaterye and assentacyon is right..shamefull.
1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 180 (margin) Whiche assentacion is the southyng of eche bodyes tale and saiynges, and holdyng vp theyr yea and naye.
1603–5 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 24 A certain Discretion..free both from Sawciness and Assentation.
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1380 Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade.
1829 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 39 381 More noted for courtly assentation to King James than for anything else.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 265 A safer anchorage may be found than..the shoal of mindless assentation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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