Middle English Dictionary Entry
assentǒur, -ir n.
Entry Info
| Forms | assentǒur, -ir n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who approves or supports (a petition, a bill); (b) one who condones or supports (an unlawful act), abettor.
Associated quotations
a
- (1414) RParl.4.22b : Consideringe that the Comune of youre lond..ben as well Assentirs as Peticioners.
- (1423) RParl.4.201b : Att alle tymes the names of th'assenteurs to be wryten of thar owen hand in the same Bille.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)27a/b : Fautor: asentor.
- (1438) Reg.Spofford in Cant.Yk.S.23223 : All tho that bene counsellers or mediatours or assentours to ony such unlawfulle werkes.