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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1. ( v. i.) To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. 2. ( v. i.) To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.
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Agreement of the mind to what is proposed or state by another; accord; hence, a yielding of the mind or will to that which is proposed; as, a parent gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter. We generally use this word in cases where power, rights, and claims are concerned.
lit., "to put or lay down together with" ( sun, "with," kata, "down," tithemi, "to put"), was used of depositing one's vote in an urn; hence, "to vote for, agree with, consent to." It is said negatively of Joseph of Arimathaea, who had not "consented" to the counsel and deed of the Jews, Luk 23:51 (Middle Voice). A-5.
But if any man thinks that he is acting in an unbecoming manner toward his unmarried daughter, by withholding his consent to her marriage, if she may be of full age and if it ought to take place thus, let him do what he wishes about giving his consent to her marriage, he does not sin by so doing. Let them (the daughter and her lover) marry.
CONSENT, n. L., to be of one mind, to agree; to think, feel or perceive. See Sense and Assent. 1. Agreement of the mind to what is proposed or state by another; accord; hence, a yielding of the mind or will to that which is proposed; as, a parent gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter.
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but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will. Genesis 23:6 Verse Concepts
