Definition of assent in English:

assent

noun əˈsɛntəˈsɛnt

mass noun

1The expression of approval or agreement.
a loud murmur of assent
he nodded assent
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a deviation from the party line, but a murmur of assent goes up.
- These ordinances were read out before the community at a further churchyard meeting in September and received community assent.
- For example, the voice actors issue pre-recorded phone calls and their conversations are such that all you can do is nod or assent.
- A few murmurs of assent ran down the table's length at that remark.
- She is the sort of person who, if you called her an unregenerate hippie, might proudly nod assent.
- There were murmurs of assent before the messenger replied.
- The most honourable manner of signifying their assent, is to express their applause by the sound of their arms.
- The others nodded their assent and went back to their respective homes.
- I nodded in assent, and slowly moved forward to embrace my coach, mentor, and friend in a gesture of thanks.
- Imagine your private thrill when everyone in the congregation nodded assent.
- Parental consent and child assent was received from all dyads.
- When it is a case of majority assent or approval, issues arise as to the effect on the minority.
- I nodded assent, and promptly closed my eyes and began to daydream.
- They indicate those objects toward which and those areas within which every human being is entitled to act without securing further permission or assent.
- Both ambassadors nodded assent, as did the Council President as he looked around the room.
- This doubt spreads to the narrator's reliance on the narratee's assent and approval.
- The thesis received respectful attention, but it did not win assent or committed followers.
- He stared at me for a moment, as if searching for the proper response, and then finally nodded in assent.
- Everyone nodded and murmured their assent, and then began to shout out suggestions.
- Her eyes held him steady and he breathed deeply before nodding in assent.
Synonyms
approval, acceptance, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations
1. 1.1 Official agreement or sanction.
  the act was given the Royal Assent
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘The present Act never received assent, but this has never been properly challenged,’ she said.
  This provision requires the Council to act unanimously after receiving the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the Parliament.
  Later, there is a formal ceremony in Rome but his authority as Pope is present from the moment of assent.
  In such cases, it has the power either to assent or to withhold assent.
  Upper houses have only one hold over governments, their ability to withhold assent from government legislation.
  Since passage of a bill into law required the assent of all three institutions, compromise was essential.
  They give ample assurance that it would be unreasonable to withhold assent.
  Allowing time for completion of the negotiations, then assent and ratification, the first accessions are expected around 2004.
  Because subjects who give assent have diminished capacity, permission from their proxies also should be obtained.
  His professed attitude of withholding assent was adopted to avoid error and rashness of judgement.
  Peers had attempted to extend disability rights to sufferers of depression, but backed down from a confrontation and allowed the bill to gain assent.
  At the moment, the treaty assumes each state will go through with its own ratification procedure either by referendum or by assent through individual parliaments.
  He has power to veto bills by withholding his assent.
  It now awaits ratification and the assent by the Chancellor, as the move requires a change in the University statute.
  If the president withholds his assent, the bill will be killed.
  But they clung to their plan and carried on without constitutional approval and parliamentary assent.
  But we say the Chief Justice was right to draw distinction between prospective assent and ratification.
  Synonyms
  agreement, acceptance, approval, approbation, consent, acquiescence, compliance, concurrence
  blessing, imprimatur, seal/stamp of approval, rubber stamp
  sanction, endorsement, ratification, authorization, mandate, licence, validation
  confirmation, support, backing
  permission, leave
  informal the go-ahead, the green light, the OK, the thumbs up, the nod, say-so

verb əˈsɛntəˈsɛnt

[no object]often assent to

Express approval or agreement.
the Prime Minister assented to the change
with direct speech ‘Guest house, then,’ Frank assented cheerfully
Example sentencesExamples
- The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's remission.
- Certainly he appears to be fulfilling all the legal functions of the role adequately, such as assenting to laws and setting session times for Parliament.
- The formality of being made to click assent is significant, even if one is assenting to standard form contracts.
- Should Parliament assent to the amendments, this requirement will fall away.
- The others nodded in mute agreement, assenting to the terms set down by the car's owner.
- Factual assent to an armed assault is one matter; ideological commitment to it another.
- For such an effort to have been mounted so quickly, and for the Russians to have assented to outside help so speedily, speaks volumes for all concerned.
- The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, gave its assent to the legislation three days after the House blessed it by 298-121.
- We then asked all children of consenting parents to assent to study participation.
- His acceptance of them as hypotheses does not require assenting to them.
- The theological debates of the time come alive through his bourgeois, sporting, nonintellectual hero who nonetheless is dogged in trying to find out what precisely he would be assenting to in becoming an Anglican clergyman.
- The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to.
- I assented to them all: not one of them created the slightest intellectual difficulty, save the major premise of God's existence.
- The patient may then readily assent to other requirements we both agree on.
- ‘They're still our heroes,’ said one, the nods and sound-bites from those around him signalling assent to his view.
- To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself.
- They declared themselves incapable of assenting to any changes touching the Church without the authorization of the Assembly of the Clergy.
- Yet a vague assent to a vague assertion only yields twice as much vagueness.
- They might even assent to the idea that more and more women want marriage and children, not the bogus liberation that the sexual revolution purveyed.
- By convention, the monarch will not refuse her assent to a Bill passed by Parliament and she will act on the advice of her ministers.
Synonyms
agree to, accept, approve, consent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal/stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to
ratify, sanction, endorse, authorize, mandate, license, warrant, validate, pass
confirm, support, back
give one's permission/leave
informal give the go-ahead to, give the green light to, give the OK to, OK, give the thumbs up to, give the nod, say the word, buy

Derivatives

assenter

noun

He said the minister's stipulation that independent candidates must have the signatures of fifteen assenters in the local elections was a slur on the integrity of non-party candidates.
Example sentencesExamples
- The effectiveness of the gospel, in which the death and resurrection of Jesus are central, is not in quantity of intellectual assenters but is evidenced by the quality of changed lives.
- With just 75 minutes to go before the deadline for handing in completed nominations, the returning officer told us we needed to get the signatures of 30 assentors.
- Despite complaints from Independents about the difficulty in securing assentors, the field has the largest number of Independents for decades.
- I now have to go through the process of getting thirty assentors in the Westport area, fifteen for the town council and fifteen different people for the county council.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- 'towards' + sentire 'feel, think'.

Rhymes

absent, accent, anent, ascent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went

Definition of assent in US English:

assent

nounəˈsentəˈsɛnt

1The expression of approval or agreement.
a loud murmur of assent
he nodded assent
Example sentencesExamples
- Her eyes held him steady and he breathed deeply before nodding in assent.
- There were murmurs of assent before the messenger replied.
- A few murmurs of assent ran down the table's length at that remark.
- Both ambassadors nodded assent, as did the Council President as he looked around the room.
- The most honourable manner of signifying their assent, is to express their applause by the sound of their arms.
- I nodded in assent, and slowly moved forward to embrace my coach, mentor, and friend in a gesture of thanks.
- She is the sort of person who, if you called her an unregenerate hippie, might proudly nod assent.
- It is a deviation from the party line, but a murmur of assent goes up.
- Imagine your private thrill when everyone in the congregation nodded assent.
- The others nodded their assent and went back to their respective homes.
- I nodded assent, and promptly closed my eyes and began to daydream.
- For example, the voice actors issue pre-recorded phone calls and their conversations are such that all you can do is nod or assent.
- They indicate those objects toward which and those areas within which every human being is entitled to act without securing further permission or assent.
- The thesis received respectful attention, but it did not win assent or committed followers.
- Everyone nodded and murmured their assent, and then began to shout out suggestions.
- Parental consent and child assent was received from all dyads.
- These ordinances were read out before the community at a further churchyard meeting in September and received community assent.
- When it is a case of majority assent or approval, issues arise as to the effect on the minority.
- This doubt spreads to the narrator's reliance on the narratee's assent and approval.
- He stared at me for a moment, as if searching for the proper response, and then finally nodded in assent.
Synonyms
approval, acceptance, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations
1. 1.1 Official agreement or sanction.
  the governor has power to withhold his assent from a bill
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘The present Act never received assent, but this has never been properly challenged,’ she said.
  Peers had attempted to extend disability rights to sufferers of depression, but backed down from a confrontation and allowed the bill to gain assent.
  His professed attitude of withholding assent was adopted to avoid error and rashness of judgement.
  Since passage of a bill into law required the assent of all three institutions, compromise was essential.
  He has power to veto bills by withholding his assent.
  Allowing time for completion of the negotiations, then assent and ratification, the first accessions are expected around 2004.
  Later, there is a formal ceremony in Rome but his authority as Pope is present from the moment of assent.
  They give ample assurance that it would be unreasonable to withhold assent.
  Upper houses have only one hold over governments, their ability to withhold assent from government legislation.
  But they clung to their plan and carried on without constitutional approval and parliamentary assent.
  This provision requires the Council to act unanimously after receiving the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the Parliament.
  At the moment, the treaty assumes each state will go through with its own ratification procedure either by referendum or by assent through individual parliaments.
  It now awaits ratification and the assent by the Chancellor, as the move requires a change in the University statute.
  In such cases, it has the power either to assent or to withhold assent.
  If the president withholds his assent, the bill will be killed.
  Because subjects who give assent have diminished capacity, permission from their proxies also should be obtained.
  But we say the Chief Justice was right to draw distinction between prospective assent and ratification.
  Synonyms
  agreement, acceptance, approval, approbation, consent, acquiescence, compliance, concurrence

verbəˈsentəˈsɛnt

[no object]

Express approval or agreement, typically officially.
with direct speech “Guest house, then,” Frank assented cheerfully
Roosevelt assented to the agreement
Example sentencesExamples
- To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself.
- The patient may then readily assent to other requirements we both agree on.
- ‘They're still our heroes,’ said one, the nods and sound-bites from those around him signalling assent to his view.
- They might even assent to the idea that more and more women want marriage and children, not the bogus liberation that the sexual revolution purveyed.
- The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's remission.
- The formality of being made to click assent is significant, even if one is assenting to standard form contracts.
- The theological debates of the time come alive through his bourgeois, sporting, nonintellectual hero who nonetheless is dogged in trying to find out what precisely he would be assenting to in becoming an Anglican clergyman.
- Should Parliament assent to the amendments, this requirement will fall away.
- Yet a vague assent to a vague assertion only yields twice as much vagueness.
- The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, gave its assent to the legislation three days after the House blessed it by 298-121.
- They declared themselves incapable of assenting to any changes touching the Church without the authorization of the Assembly of the Clergy.
- The others nodded in mute agreement, assenting to the terms set down by the car's owner.
- His acceptance of them as hypotheses does not require assenting to them.
- For such an effort to have been mounted so quickly, and for the Russians to have assented to outside help so speedily, speaks volumes for all concerned.
- Certainly he appears to be fulfilling all the legal functions of the role adequately, such as assenting to laws and setting session times for Parliament.
- We then asked all children of consenting parents to assent to study participation.
- I assented to them all: not one of them created the slightest intellectual difficulty, save the major premise of God's existence.
- By convention, the monarch will not refuse her assent to a Bill passed by Parliament and she will act on the advice of her ministers.
- The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to.
- Factual assent to an armed assault is one matter; ideological commitment to it another.
Synonyms
agree to, accept, approve, consent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to

Origin

Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- ‘towards’ + sentire ‘feel, think’.

单词	assent
释义	Definition of assent in English: assent noun əˈsɛntəˈsɛnt mass noun 1The expression of approval or agreement. a loud murmur of assent he nodded assent Example sentencesExamples It is a deviation from the party line, but a murmur of assent goes up. These ordinances were read out before the community at a further churchyard meeting in September and received community assent. For example, the voice actors issue pre-recorded phone calls and their conversations are such that all you can do is nod or assent. A few murmurs of assent ran down the table's length at that remark. She is the sort of person who, if you called her an unregenerate hippie, might proudly nod assent. There were murmurs of assent before the messenger replied. The most honourable manner of signifying their assent, is to express their applause by the sound of their arms. The others nodded their assent and went back to their respective homes. I nodded in assent, and slowly moved forward to embrace my coach, mentor, and friend in a gesture of thanks. Imagine your private thrill when everyone in the congregation nodded assent. Parental consent and child assent was received from all dyads. When it is a case of majority assent or approval, issues arise as to the effect on the minority. I nodded assent, and promptly closed my eyes and began to daydream. They indicate those objects toward which and those areas within which every human being is entitled to act without securing further permission or assent. Both ambassadors nodded assent, as did the Council President as he looked around the room. This doubt spreads to the narrator's reliance on the narratee's assent and approval. The thesis received respectful attention, but it did not win assent or committed followers. He stared at me for a moment, as if searching for the proper response, and then finally nodded in assent. Everyone nodded and murmured their assent, and then began to shout out suggestions. Her eyes held him steady and he breathed deeply before nodding in assent. Synonyms approval, acceptance, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations 1.1 Official agreement or sanction. the act was given the Royal Assent Example sentencesExamples ‘The present Act never received assent, but this has never been properly challenged,’ she said. This provision requires the Council to act unanimously after receiving the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the Parliament. Later, there is a formal ceremony in Rome but his authority as Pope is present from the moment of assent. In such cases, it has the power either to assent or to withhold assent. Upper houses have only one hold over governments, their ability to withhold assent from government legislation. Since passage of a bill into law required the assent of all three institutions, compromise was essential. They give ample assurance that it would be unreasonable to withhold assent. Allowing time for completion of the negotiations, then assent and ratification, the first accessions are expected around 2004. Because subjects who give assent have diminished capacity, permission from their proxies also should be obtained. His professed attitude of withholding assent was adopted to avoid error and rashness of judgement. Peers had attempted to extend disability rights to sufferers of depression, but backed down from a confrontation and allowed the bill to gain assent. At the moment, the treaty assumes each state will go through with its own ratification procedure either by referendum or by assent through individual parliaments. He has power to veto bills by withholding his assent. It now awaits ratification and the assent by the Chancellor, as the move requires a change in the University statute. If the president withholds his assent, the bill will be killed. But they clung to their plan and carried on without constitutional approval and parliamentary assent. But we say the Chief Justice was right to draw distinction between prospective assent and ratification. Synonyms agreement, acceptance, approval, approbation, consent, acquiescence, compliance, concurrence blessing, imprimatur, seal/stamp of approval, rubber stamp sanction, endorsement, ratification, authorization, mandate, licence, validation confirmation, support, backing permission, leave informal the go-ahead, the green light, the OK, the thumbs up, the nod, say-so verb əˈsɛntəˈsɛnt [no object]often assent to Express approval or agreement. the Prime Minister assented to the change with direct speech ‘Guest house, then,’ Frank assented cheerfully Example sentencesExamples The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's remission. Certainly he appears to be fulfilling all the legal functions of the role adequately, such as assenting to laws and setting session times for Parliament. The formality of being made to click assent is significant, even if one is assenting to standard form contracts. Should Parliament assent to the amendments, this requirement will fall away. The others nodded in mute agreement, assenting to the terms set down by the car's owner. Factual assent to an armed assault is one matter; ideological commitment to it another. For such an effort to have been mounted so quickly, and for the Russians to have assented to outside help so speedily, speaks volumes for all concerned. The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, gave its assent to the legislation three days after the House blessed it by 298-121. We then asked all children of consenting parents to assent to study participation. His acceptance of them as hypotheses does not require assenting to them. The theological debates of the time come alive through his bourgeois, sporting, nonintellectual hero who nonetheless is dogged in trying to find out what precisely he would be assenting to in becoming an Anglican clergyman. The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to. I assented to them all: not one of them created the slightest intellectual difficulty, save the major premise of God's existence. The patient may then readily assent to other requirements we both agree on. ‘They're still our heroes,’ said one, the nods and sound-bites from those around him signalling assent to his view. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. They declared themselves incapable of assenting to any changes touching the Church without the authorization of the Assembly of the Clergy. Yet a vague assent to a vague assertion only yields twice as much vagueness. They might even assent to the idea that more and more women want marriage and children, not the bogus liberation that the sexual revolution purveyed. By convention, the monarch will not refuse her assent to a Bill passed by Parliament and she will act on the advice of her ministers. Synonyms agree to, accept, approve, consent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal/stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to ratify, sanction, endorse, authorize, mandate, license, warrant, validate, pass confirm, support, back give one's permission/leave informal give the go-ahead to, give the green light to, give the OK to, OK, give the thumbs up to, give the nod, say the word, buy Derivatives assenter noun He said the minister's stipulation that independent candidates must have the signatures of fifteen assenters in the local elections was a slur on the integrity of non-party candidates. Example sentencesExamples The effectiveness of the gospel, in which the death and resurrection of Jesus are central, is not in quantity of intellectual assenters but is evidenced by the quality of changed lives. With just 75 minutes to go before the deadline for handing in completed nominations, the returning officer told us we needed to get the signatures of 30 assentors. Despite complaints from Independents about the difficulty in securing assentors, the field has the largest number of Independents for decades. I now have to go through the process of getting thirty assentors in the Westport area, fifteen for the town council and fifteen different people for the county council. Origin Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- 'towards' + sentire 'feel, think'. Rhymes absent, accent, anent, ascent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went Definition of assent in US English: assent nounəˈsentəˈsɛnt 1The expression of approval or agreement. a loud murmur of assent he nodded assent Example sentencesExamples Her eyes held him steady and he breathed deeply before nodding in assent. There were murmurs of assent before the messenger replied. A few murmurs of assent ran down the table's length at that remark. Both ambassadors nodded assent, as did the Council President as he looked around the room. The most honourable manner of signifying their assent, is to express their applause by the sound of their arms. I nodded in assent, and slowly moved forward to embrace my coach, mentor, and friend in a gesture of thanks. She is the sort of person who, if you called her an unregenerate hippie, might proudly nod assent. It is a deviation from the party line, but a murmur of assent goes up. Imagine your private thrill when everyone in the congregation nodded assent. The others nodded their assent and went back to their respective homes. I nodded assent, and promptly closed my eyes and began to daydream. For example, the voice actors issue pre-recorded phone calls and their conversations are such that all you can do is nod or assent. They indicate those objects toward which and those areas within which every human being is entitled to act without securing further permission or assent. The thesis received respectful attention, but it did not win assent or committed followers. Everyone nodded and murmured their assent, and then began to shout out suggestions. Parental consent and child assent was received from all dyads. These ordinances were read out before the community at a further churchyard meeting in September and received community assent. When it is a case of majority assent or approval, issues arise as to the effect on the minority. This doubt spreads to the narrator's reliance on the narratee's assent and approval. He stared at me for a moment, as if searching for the proper response, and then finally nodded in assent. Synonyms approval, acceptance, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations 1.1 Official agreement or sanction. the governor has power to withhold his assent from a bill Example sentencesExamples ‘The present Act never received assent, but this has never been properly challenged,’ she said. Peers had attempted to extend disability rights to sufferers of depression, but backed down from a confrontation and allowed the bill to gain assent. His professed attitude of withholding assent was adopted to avoid error and rashness of judgement. Since passage of a bill into law required the assent of all three institutions, compromise was essential. He has power to veto bills by withholding his assent. Allowing time for completion of the negotiations, then assent and ratification, the first accessions are expected around 2004. Later, there is a formal ceremony in Rome but his authority as Pope is present from the moment of assent. They give ample assurance that it would be unreasonable to withhold assent. Upper houses have only one hold over governments, their ability to withhold assent from government legislation. But they clung to their plan and carried on without constitutional approval and parliamentary assent. This provision requires the Council to act unanimously after receiving the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the Parliament. At the moment, the treaty assumes each state will go through with its own ratification procedure either by referendum or by assent through individual parliaments. It now awaits ratification and the assent by the Chancellor, as the move requires a change in the University statute. In such cases, it has the power either to assent or to withhold assent. If the president withholds his assent, the bill will be killed. Because subjects who give assent have diminished capacity, permission from their proxies also should be obtained. But we say the Chief Justice was right to draw distinction between prospective assent and ratification. Synonyms agreement, acceptance, approval, approbation, consent, acquiescence, compliance, concurrence verbəˈsentəˈsɛnt [no object] Express approval or agreement, typically officially. with direct speech “Guest house, then,” Frank assented cheerfully Roosevelt assented to the agreement Example sentencesExamples To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. The patient may then readily assent to other requirements we both agree on. ‘They're still our heroes,’ said one, the nods and sound-bites from those around him signalling assent to his view. They might even assent to the idea that more and more women want marriage and children, not the bogus liberation that the sexual revolution purveyed. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God's remission. The formality of being made to click assent is significant, even if one is assenting to standard form contracts. The theological debates of the time come alive through his bourgeois, sporting, nonintellectual hero who nonetheless is dogged in trying to find out what precisely he would be assenting to in becoming an Anglican clergyman. Should Parliament assent to the amendments, this requirement will fall away. Yet a vague assent to a vague assertion only yields twice as much vagueness. The Senate, on a voice vote Monday, gave its assent to the legislation three days after the House blessed it by 298-121. They declared themselves incapable of assenting to any changes touching the Church without the authorization of the Assembly of the Clergy. The others nodded in mute agreement, assenting to the terms set down by the car's owner. His acceptance of them as hypotheses does not require assenting to them. For such an effort to have been mounted so quickly, and for the Russians to have assented to outside help so speedily, speaks volumes for all concerned. Certainly he appears to be fulfilling all the legal functions of the role adequately, such as assenting to laws and setting session times for Parliament. We then asked all children of consenting parents to assent to study participation. I assented to them all: not one of them created the slightest intellectual difficulty, save the major premise of God's existence. By convention, the monarch will not refuse her assent to a Bill passed by Parliament and she will act on the advice of her ministers. The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to. Factual assent to an armed assault is one matter; ideological commitment to it another. Synonyms agree to, accept, approve, consent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to Origin Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- ‘towards’ + sentire ‘feel, think’.
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