dissent
/dɪˈsɛnt/ verb C2- To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
- To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
He/she/it dissents · Past dissented · Past participle dissented · -ing form dissenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- dissent
- He/she/it
- dissents
- Past
- dissented
- Past participle
- dissented
- -ing form
- dissenting
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They were walking slowly along in deep conversation, and I saw her making quick little movements of her hands as if she were very earnest in what she was saying, while he listened intently, and once or twice shook his head in strong dissent.
Mademoiselle Eugénie, however, merely returned a dissenting movement of the head, while, with a cold smile, she directed the attention of her mother to an opposite box on the first circle, in which sat the Countess G——, and where Morcerf had just made his appearance.
“It is my mother who dissents; she has a clear and penetrating judgment, and does not smile on the proposed union.
The old man looked at her for an instant with an expression of the deepest tenderness, then, turning towards the notary, he significantly winked his eye in token of dissent.
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