The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acquiesce \Ac`qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acquiesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquiescing] [L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See Quiet.]
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To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.
They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
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To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
Syn: To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.
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vb. (en-past of: acquiesce)
Usage examples of "acquiesced".
The temptation to an outburst that would flatter him with the sound of his authoritative voice had to be resisted on a night when he must be composed if he intended to shine, so he merely mentioned Lady Busshe's present, to gratify spleen by preparing the ground for dissension, and prudently acquiesced in her anticipated slipperiness.
Clara, too proud of the boy for growing as she had trained him, to advise a course of conduct opposed to his notions of manliness, though now that her battle was over she would gladly have acquiesced in little casuistic compromises for the sake of the general peace.
Adrian had an instinct for the majority, and, as the world invariably found him enlisted in its ranks, his appellation of wise youth was acquiesced in without irony.
He had demanded that a doctor be called, and Richard had acquiesced reluctantly, as long as the Embassy medical man could be trusted to keep his mouth shut.
Karl and Eva must have set the scene for them and, once David had acquiesced, there was no going back for him.
He cheerfully acquiesced in this, and I gave him the same time as before for reduction.