consentient
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Brian appearing consentient, Mr. Jardine left him, with Towler in attendance.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Her husband being consentient to this life-long separation, her lot might be fairly happy.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The proper proof of the statement is the consentient voice of all the copies,—except about nineteen of loose character:—we know their vagaries but too well, and decline to let them impose upon us.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
And now, once more, my lord Bishop,—Pray which of us is it,—you or I,—who seeks for the truth of Scripture “in the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities”?
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
The conclusions thus recommended to us by the consentient primitive traditions of so many races, have lately received most important and unexpected confirmation from the results of linguistic research.
