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Webster 1913 Edition


Assentation

Asˊsen-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
assentatio
. See
Assent
, v.]
Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
Abject flattery and indiscriminate
assentation
degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.
Ld. Chesterfield.

Webster 1828 Edition


Assentation

ASSENTA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.]
Compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation.