consentient
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But, with the catchwords of Utilitarianism ringing in their ears, the commentators ran straight contrary to the true teaching of the Protagoras, consentient as it is with that of the Phaedo and the Philebus.
From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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)
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
If that witness is consentient, or very nearly so, whether for or against any given reading, I hold it to be decisive.
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.
