Ăs'sen-tā'tion, n.

n. [O. Fr. assentation, Lat. assentatio, from assentari, to assent constantly, and thus to flatter, v. intens. of assentiri. See ASSENT, v.] Act of assenting; compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation.

Cromwell, with all the assentations imaginable, seemed to rejoice that they had made so worthy a choice. Life of Col. Hutchinson.