assenter

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Assenting Annie didn't throw any back, as Annie is merely as assenter, but neither of the honorable ladies who were coming to break my bread knew that Susie McDougal's ears were hearing ears.

From Miss Gibbie Gault by Bosher, Kate Langley

"Yaas," said the assenter; and off they cantered.

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles

The above is a brief specimen of the assenter in conversation.

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

But the pasha was not wholly the simple assenter.

From The Fortieth Door by Bradley, Mary Hastings

He could not play the assenter, and bow and importune: and sovereigns, however friendly they may have been before their elevation, go the way of most princely flesh when they have attained it.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato