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Word: acquiesce

Definition: assent; agree passively; comply without protest


Sentences Containing 'acquiesce'

Elizabeth said no more but her mind could not acquiesce.
"I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them.
But as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg, I was obliged to acquiesce; and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a determined rushing sort of energy and vigor, that should quickly settle that trifling little affair.

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