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Definition of Acquiesces
1. acquiesce [v] - See also: acquiesce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acquiesces
Literary usage of Acquiesces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Agency: Including Not Only a Discussion of the by Floyd Russell Mechem (1914)
"No damages if agent acquiesces in discharge.—If the agent, though wrongfully
discharged acquiesces in, and consents to, the termination of the agency, ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"He is our only, or almost our only, English Géorgie poet, and his poetry frankly
acquiesces in doggerel.—SAINTSBURY, GEORGE, 1898, A Short History of ..."
3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1902)
"... the Press—Taking of Beyrout—Deposition of Mehemet AH—Lord John acquiesces—Total
Defeat of Peace Party—Lord John Russell's False Position—His Views—Lord ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1842)
"... and Sir B. Peel—Amendment carried by 291 to 270—Adjournment of 1/ic House—Statement
of Lord John Russell on 28th April—He acquiesces in Lord Howick's ..."
5. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1900)
"... his Son John's Appointment as Secretary of the Legation—C. King to King—Interviews
with Mr. Adams—He acquiesces in the Request—C. King to King—Interview ..."
6. Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet: With Selections from His by Charles Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1848)
"BUXTON'S MOTION— THE GOVERNMENT acquiesces. — LETTER FROM DR. PHILIP. — THE ORDER
IN COUNCIL SENT OUT. LETTER TO MR. JJ GURNET. THE HOTTENTOTS SET FREE. ..."
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