was wotd|2007|January|9
English
Etymology
Latin acquiescere; ad + quiescere ("to be quiet"), from quies ("rest"). Compare French acquiescer.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�ækwi��s/
audio|en-us-acquiesce.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|acquiesc|ing
#intransitive 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. - w:Thomas De Quincey|Thomas De Quincey.
#intransitive 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.
#:I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them. - w:Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur Conan Doyle, Wikisource:The Adventure of the Speckled Band|The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Quotations
1794 � w:Charlotte Smith|Charlotte Smith, s:The Banished Man|The Banished Man, vol II, ch 16
1799 � w:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson, s:The Kentucky Resolution of 1799|The Kentucky Resolution of 1799
1815 � w:Jane Austen|Jane Austen, s:Emma|Emma, vol III, ch 19
1847 � w:Emily Brontë|Emily Brontë, s:Wuthering Heights|Wuthering Heights, ch XXV
1861 � w:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln, s:Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address|First Inaugural Address (4 March)
:If a minority, in such case, will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which, in turn, will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.
1899 � w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin, s:The Awakening|The Awakening, ch XXVII
:�Well, that ought to be reason enough,� he acquiesced.
1924 � w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, s:Billy Budd|Billy Budd, ch 19
Synonyms
To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.
Translations
trans-top|rest satisfied
Danish: slå sig til tåls med|slå sig til tåls (followed by med)
Finnish: myöntyä, alistua
trans-mid
Polish: przyzwala� (na co�)
trans-bottom
trans-top|concur upon conviction
Danish: finde sig i|finde sig (followed by i), indvillige (i)
Finnish: myöntyä, alistua
trans-mid
Polish: godzi� si�
trans-bottom
Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Ido: rezignar
ttbc|Portuguese: aquiescer
Related terms
acquiescence
acquiescent
acquiescently
References
R:Webster 1913
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