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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accede \accede"\, v. i. imp. p. p. acceded; p. pr. vb.
n. acceding. l. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere
to move, yield: cf. f. acc'edere. see cede.
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1. to approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
obs. --t. gale.
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2. to enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
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edward iv., who had acceded to the throne in the
year 1461. --t. warton.
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if frederick had acceded to the supreme power.
--morley.
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3. to become a party by associating one's self with others;
to give one's adhesion. hence, to agree or assent to a
proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
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the treaty of hanover in 1725 . . . to which the
dutch afterwards acceded. --chesterfield.
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syn: to agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
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see also:
acceded acceding cede recede
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