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accede(dictionary)

accede (iou)



accede verb intrans. LME.
[Latin accedere, from ad AC- + cedere CEDE: cf. Old & mod. French acceder.]
Come forward, approach, arrive (at a place or state). Now rare in gen. sense. LME.
Give one's adhesion; join a group, become part of a country etc.; assent or agree (to). LME.
C. Thirlwall Potid?a had already acceded to the confederacy. W. S. Maugham Veiled threats to induce the Florentines to accede to his demands.
Enter upon an office or dignity, esp. a throne. (Foll. by to.) L17.
J. H. Burton The Emperor Julian..had just acceded to the purple. Joyce Queen Victoria (born 1820, acceded 1837).
accedence noun the action of acceding L16.