諾うべなう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

agree; assent; consent; accept

Dated term for agreeing to a proposal, request, or condition. In modern Japanese, 承諾する or 同意する are far more common. Still encountered in older literature or formal historical contexts.

• 彼かれはその条じょう件けんを諾うべなうしかなかった。

  He had no choice but to agree to those conditions.

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょには「諾うべなう」という表ひょう現げんがよく出でてくる。

  The expression 諾う often appears in old documents.