assentation
(æsənˈteɪʃən)
[a. F. assentation (Cotgr.), ad. L. assentātiōn-em, n. of action f. assentāri: see assent v. and -ation.]
The action of assenting to the opinions of another; esp. obsequious or servile expression or act of assent.
| 1481 Earl of Worcester Tulle on Friendsh. C j/2 To gete the same benyvolence by meane of flaterye and assentacyon is right..shamefull. 1542 Udall Erasm. Apophth. (1877) 203 Which assentation is the southing of eche bodies tale and saiynges, and holding vp their yea and nay. 1603–5 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 24 A certain Discretion..free both from Sawciness and Assentation. 1749 Chesterfield Lett. 190 II. 205 Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade. 1829 Southey in Q. Rev. XXXIX. 381 More noted for courtly assentation to King James than for anything else. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 265 A safer anchorage may be found than..the shoal of mindless assentation. |