It seems Jim is able to acquiece to having me here on Sundays and needs my assistance only seven Saturdays over the next few months
"The helpless girl had no choice but to acquiesce to the robber's orders." "The mayor did not wish to acquiesce to the proposals by the city council." "I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request." (From Pirates of the Caribbean)
If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do. Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision... When her mother suggested that she stay, Alice willingly acquiesced.
Dissemble or dissent would be the closest opposite, but are not straight antonyms of acquiesce. Note that there are two 'c's in aCquiesCe, not one as per your question. Oasis mis-spelt the word in their song, which is probably where you heard this word. Hope this helps. Grant
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I think you might mean Acquiesce? If that's what you mean, it is to accept something reluctantly but without protest.
To acquiesce is to agree to something in a passive, quiet way. An example sentence is: He didn't want to acquiesce, but he knew it was for the best.
"The helpless girl had no choice but to acquiesce to the robber's orders." "The mayor did not wish to acquiesce to the proposals by the city council." "I am disinclined to acquiesce to your request." (From Pirates of the Caribbean)
I would like to graciously acquiesce, in light of your greater wisdom
i acquiesced to learn sign language and began studying.
If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do. Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision... When her mother suggested that she stay, Alice willingly acquiesced.
Acquiesce was created in 1995-02.
The prefix of "acquiesce" is "ac-" which means "to" or "towards".
Would you give someone who asked, quiet aces without any tea? Yes, you could acquiesce. QUIET + ACES - T = ACQUIESCE.
It is acquiescent.
Although she had appeared to ACQUIESCE to her employer's suggestion, I could tell she had reservations.
Acquiesce means to comply / agree silently and without protest.
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