Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Conjugating the verb consense

[Eileen McCourt (emccourt]

For some reason, I really don't like using consensus as a verb, but it is
difficult to find an alternate way to express this concept.  I usually say
"agree by consensus",  and conjugate the verb agree, but do not conjugate
consensus if I can easily avoid doing that.

--eileen

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Jeanne Goodman
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 12:35 PM
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
Subject: [C-L]_Conjugating the verb consense

I have done some research in this area. Here are valid answers provided with
tongue firmly entrenched in my cheek.

1. No entry found for consense in the dictionary.

2. Consensus is a noun.

3. con.sent intr.v. con.sent.ed, con.sent.ing, con.sents
To give assent, as to the proposal of another; agree.

4. Synonyms [Verbs] assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent;
acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to,
consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; go along with,
chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views,
agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to,
conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.

acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede (yield); come round
to; abide by; permit.

arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to
an agreement.

confirm, affirm; ratify, approve, endorse, countersign; corroborate.

go with the stream, swim with the stream; be in fashion, join in the chorus;
be in every mouth.

5. Suggested alternative: given unanimous consent

6. Faux conjugation:

   Past
First   I consensed      We consensed
Second  You consensed    You consensed
Third   He consensed     They consensed

   Present
First   I consense      We consense/we are in consensus
Second  You consense    You consense
Third   He consenses    They consense

   Future
First   I shall consense                                      We will
consense (if it takes us all night)
Second  You consense w/me                                     You consense
to my way of thinking
Third   He will consense by the time I get through w/him      They will
consense

Jeanne Goodman
Jamaica Plain Cohousing
Boston, MA


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