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Pronunciation : Ac*cede"
Part of Speech : v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.]
Etymology : [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. acc?dere. See Cede.]
Definition : 1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.

2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.

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. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.

Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913