Definition of "assentient" [as•sen•tient]

• Assenting; agreeing (adjective)

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• "Christian's answers -- the more intelligible parts of them -- were a stratified succession of _yes_ and _no_, and as he was a man naturally polite and acquiescent, the assentient strata were of more frequent occurrence; but of course, beyond showing his good-will, such answers were of no practical value."
• "The latter acknowledged his sense and approbation of what was said to him by an assentient and expressive "Ugh!" which came from his chest without any apparent emotion of the lips, much in the manner of a modern ventriloquist."
• "These were answered by a low, sullen, yet assentient grunt, from the united band, who now turned, though with justifiable caution and distrust, and recrossed the drawbridge without hinderance from the troops."