[f. CONSENT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CONSENT; the giving of consent.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 351. Excusid here of consenting to þis synne.
1482. Monk of Evesham (Arb.), 51. For myne obedyens and consentyng in that vyce to hym.
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., V. ii. 8. Neither … my sodaine woing, nor sodaine consenting.
1702. Rowe, Tamerl., IV. i. 1930. There is a kind Consenting in his Eyes.
