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Definition of Assentive
1. a. Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
Definition of Assentive
1. Adjective. Describing one who assents, who agrees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assentive
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assentive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Half-deity is he who warm may press Thy lip, soft-swelling to the kindling kiss ;
An<l may that lip assentive warmth express, Till love draw willing love to ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"Last page, the words " nor in assentive to their rights," have a pencil line
drawn thro' them. Tis certainly best to obliterate them. ..."
3. An examination of the alleged discrepancies of the Bible by John William Hayley (1875)
"... it matters little what his conduct is ; that a " bare assentive faith is
sufficient for salvation, without its living fruits in a holy life. ..."
4. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of by Thomas Curson Hansard (1825)
"... are not here inserted with quite an assentive opinion. Although every praise
is due to the ingenuity of Mr. Moxon, as well as to his mathematical and ..."
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