annuere

annuere [CL] 1 to summon by a nod. b to enjoin by a sign. sacerdotem ~ens et asciscens Gir. IK I 4 p. 52. b Fansy †animat [l. annuat] silentium cum manu Skelton I 236. 2 to assent (to), agree, allow: a (w. dat. or absol.); b (w. acc.); c (w. inf.). a faventibus cunctis et adnuentibus fidei Bede HE III 22; a1085 ~ente ‥ Gaufrido Regesta p. 125; annue poscenti (Nig. Laur.) Speculum VII 420; s1297 [rex] votis eorum ~it in premissis et omnia concessit W. Guisb. 313. b hoc non ~unt monachi DB I 10; burgensibus ~erunt leges ‥ quae sunt in Hereford DB I 269; [Arthurus] eis veniam concessit et ~it postulata Flor. Hist. I 262; nulli layce persone ~etur ingressus Cust. Cant. 113; s1297 [rex] ~it peticionem ipsorum Eul. Hist. III 168. c a1035 (12c) filiabus meis ~o Stevecheworde dum vivant tenere CD 932; s1164 ~it de consilio regie voluntati parere W. Cant. V. Thom. I 15.

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