It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.    From LearnThat.org.  [Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)]

He gave his assent eagerly.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

This trait is necessary to have the correct assent of law. assent-# to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore".    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

The royal assent is given with the words “la reine le veult”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The influence of French words in English legal terminology] Reference

Everhard bowed his head in assent; he could not trust himself to speak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference

The first speaker nodded in assent, and went off greatly pleased with himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun] Reference

A general exclamation of assent from the other officers, and a protest from the hero: Me?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting France] Reference

There was a murmur of assent from the audience, and the mod gave up and finally called on one of the men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tew's Day!] Reference

We just give them less work to do, I said, to a laughing burst of assent from the other editors in the group.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Times] Reference

After a moment of hesitation, he waved his hand in assent, and uttered the English word "Good!" with the peculiar emphasis of his people.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757] Reference

After a moment of hesitation, he waved his hand in assent, and uttered the English word "Good"! with the peculiar emphasis of his people.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last of the Mohicans] Reference

Both episodes finish with assent pacts, nonetheless assent is clearly extraneous as good as stretched in both cases; we wait for for explosions to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

We cannot wonder at his dejection, for his assent was the assent of all the clans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference

"I think people are interested to know," the man persists, and others shout in assent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Marine Who Has Barney Frank Worried] Reference

The former submission is called assent of faith, the latter assent of religious obedience.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference

Further, this is a test not of belief but of assent, which is to say that these are leading questions.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Wingnuts': An Autobiography?] Reference

Absolutely does often signal enthusiastic assent, which is probably why it became so popular with sports commentators and pundits.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Attacks” on the language are greatly misunderstood] Reference

Yet the two are distinguished in this respect, that faith includes in it assent, which is an act of the will in addition to the act of the understanding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

'that my papers were all right, and that your assent was a mere formality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference

We'll give you the latest on the countdown and their fiery assent which is scheduled for just a few minutes from now ahead in the NEWSROOM.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2007] Reference

Brown’s disregard for soldiers deployed at his assent is a something of a John Terry moment: captains do not recover from such acts of betrayal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

They made some kind of assent, and Master Headley went on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Armourer's Prentices] Reference

Nonconformists, argued that "assent" implied a more complete approbation than mere "consent.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02] Reference

Polly now signaled eager assent, meaning to make the deacon understand that he must take the money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference

'No, I don't,' said Mr. Hale, seeing he waited for some kind of assent, and completely bewildered as to who 'that man' could be.    From Wordnik.com.  [North and South] Reference

I received from my bishop just the right response for the occasion: he told me that by 'assent', I was saying 'Yes bishop, those are the 39 Articles'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anglican Mainstream] Reference

Geffen, a billionaire music impresario, nod-ded his assent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood Poker] Reference

"Absolutely not," Calio assured them, with Rove nodding his assent.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Everything Will Change.' Or Not.] Reference

Wintour, who says very little in these colloquies, nods her assent.    From Wordnik.com.  [She's Still In Vogue] Reference

There is an old saying: "Even an obstinate stone can nod in assent.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['It's Not Necessary To Wait'] Reference

Last week gaining assent from the Palestinians looked like Baker's toughest challenge yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Will To Say Yes] Reference

I motioned to the server that I would be changing seats, and the waiter just grunted assent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference

Britain and other nations such as Holland are not ready to assent to this dramatic redefinition of relations yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush Bends] Reference

The modern controversy about these powers began when Truman took the nation into Korea without Congress's assent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once Again, Ike Was Right] Reference

A staffer told the reporter that McCain and his wife had been fighting over his assent to an interview in The New Yorker magazine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Debates] Reference

They publicly denounce the actions of U.S. soldiers to win popularity, and then, more quietly, assent to America's continued involvement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rethinking Iraq: The Way Forward] Reference