Obs. In 3–4 encent, -senti. [var. of ASSENT.] intr. To assent or consent to.
c. 1290. Lives Saints (1887), 280. Þe pope makede him dauncherous: and nolde ensenti þer-to.
1297. R. Glouc. (1724), 171. Þe kyng þoru ys conseyl encented wel her to.
c. 1305. Edmund Conf., 81, in E. E. P. (1862), 73. He ne dude neuere lecherie: ne neuere ensentede þerto.
