assentor

English

Etymology

From assent +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

assentor (plural assentors)

  1. Alternative form of assenter.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ sentiō (feel, perceive, think, agree). The difference in conjugation from the base verb is explained by Lewis and Short as resulting from frequentative formation (on an irregular stem assent- in place of assēns-) from assentior.

Pronunciation

Verb

assentor (present infinitive assentārī, perfect active assentātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to assent, agree with, approve; flatter

Conjugation

References

  • assentor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • assentor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.