a. [ F., fr. absens, absentis, p. pr. of abesse to be away from; ab + esse to be. Cf. Sooth. ] 1. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. “Expecting absent friends.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air. [ 1913 Webster ]

What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Absent, Abstracted. These words both imply a lack of attention to surrounding objects. We speak of a man as absent when his thoughts wander unconsciously from present scenes or topics of discourse; we speak of him as abstracted when his mind (usually for a brief period) is drawn off from present things by some weighty matter for reflection. Absence of mind is usually the result of loose habits of thought; abstraction commonly arises either from engrossing interests and cares, or from unfortunate habits of association. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Absented; p. pr. & vb. n. Absenting. ] [ Cf. F. absenter. ] 1. To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withhold from being present. [ Obs. ] “Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. absentaneus. See absent ] Pertaining to absence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who absents one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an absent or abstracted manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being absent; withdrawal. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. -- n. A medicine for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assented; p. pr. & vb. n. Assenting. ] [ F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad + sentire to feel, think. See Sense. ] To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. assent, fr. assentir. See Assent, v. ] The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Concurrence; acquiescence; approval; accord. -- Assent, Consent. Assent is an act of the understanding, consent of the will or feelings. We assent to the views of others when our minds come to the same conclusion with theirs as to what is true, right, or admissible. We consent when there is such a concurrence of our will with their desires and wishes that we decide to comply with their requests. The king of England gives his assent, not his consent, to acts of Parliament, because, in theory at least, he is not governed by personal feelings or choice, but by a deliberate, judgment as to the common good. We also use assent in cases where a proposal is made which involves but little interest or feeling. A lady may assent to a gentleman's opening the window; but if he offers himself in marriage, he must wait for her consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assentatio. See Assent, v. ] Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. assentari to assent constantly. ] An obsequious; a flatterer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flattering; obsequious. [ Obs. ] -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. One who assents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Assenting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. -- As*sent"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Assent; agreement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of the same essence. -- Co`es*sen"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker. [1913 Webster]

n. Participation of the same essence. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Consented; p. pr. & vb. n. Consenting. ] [ F. consentir, fr. L. consentire, -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See Sense. ] 1. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. [ 1913 Webster ]

And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

My poverty, but not my will, consents. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And whispering “I will ne'er consent, ” -- consented. Byron.

Syn. -- To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. consent. ] 1. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord. [ 1913 Webster ]

All with one consent began to make excuse. Luke xiv. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

They fell together all, as by consent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The melodious consent of the birds. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such is the world's great harmony that springs
From union, order, full consent of things. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou wert possessed of David's throne
By free consent of all. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4.

Syn. -- Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See Assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age of consent (Law), an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual agreement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consentaneus. ] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.

-- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of consentir. ] Consenting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. One who consents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent. ] Agreeing in mind; accordant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Perceiving together. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dissent. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Law) To free from entailment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disentangled p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling ] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.
Syn. -- extricated, freed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. straightened out.
Syn. -- loosened, unsnarled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Disinter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Enthrall. ] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [ Written also disenthral. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [ Written also disenthralment. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of title or claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]