6 July 2015

acquiesce

[ak-wee-es]

verb (used without object), acquiesced, acquiescing.

1. to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent:
to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

Origin of acquiesce

Latin

1610-1620; < Latin acquiēscere to find rest in, equivalent to ac- ac- + quiē- (see quiet2) + -sc- inchoative suffix + -ere infinitive suffix

Related forms
acquiescingly, adverb
nonacquiescing, adjective

Synonyms
accede, concur; capitulate.

Antonyms
contest, protest.

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Examples from the web for acquiesce

Are five crotchety conservative men likely to decide to acquiesce to this change, or fight it?
(The Supreme Court’s Anti-Rainbow Warriors Michael Tomasky March 25, 2013)

So many wish to suppress this history, and it’s good to see Coulter refusing to acquiesce.
(Three Cheers for Ann Coulter David Frum February 1, 2012)

He was force of nature and a force for good that eventually, they had to acquiesce.
(We Need MLK’s Revolutionary Spirit Roland S. Martin January 19, 2014)

Today’s quote

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.

– Rumi

On this day

6 July 1925 – birth of Bill Haley, who arguably had the world’s first ever rock’n’roll song, ‘Rock Around the Clock’. Died 9 February 1981.

6 July 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the ‘Secret Annexe’ above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

6 July 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time. Three years later they formed the Beatles.