accede

[ ak-seed ]

/ ækˈsid /

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verb (used without object), ac·ced·ed, ac·ced·ing.

to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.

to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity; succeed (usually followed by to): to accede to the throne.

International Law. to become a party to an agreement, treaty, or the like, by way of accession.

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Origin of accede

1400–50; late Middle English: to approach, adapt to <Latin accēdere to approach, assent, equivalent to ac-ac- + cēdere to go; see cede

synonym study for accede

1. See agree.

OTHER WORDS FROM accede

ac·ced·ence, nounac·ced·er, nounnon·ac·ced·ence, nounnon·ac·ced·ing, adjective

re·ac·cede, verb (used without object), re·ac·ced·ed, re·ac·ced·ing.un·ac·ced·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH accede

accede , concede, exceed

Words nearby accede

Accad, Accademia, Accardo, ACCC, ACCD, accede, accel., accelerando, accelerant, accelerate, accelerated reader

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How to use accede in a sentence

The strike ultimately worked, as commissioner Walter Kennedy grudgingly acceded to the players’ demands.
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When Justin Locke first appeared before a meeting of the state Cemetery Board in March of 2018, it offered a rare moment to see Pinelawn’s president, who had acceded to the position five years earlier, in a public forum.
The Leader of New York’s “City of the Dead” Cashes In. Again.|by Carson Kessler|July 25, 2022|ProPublica
That plan ran into conservative opposition, but its opponents acceded to two more modest proposals.
The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities|Dylan Matthews|July 9, 2021|Vox
But to understand business survival in the face of moral decisions is not to immediately accede to the business.
Video Games Need More Than Damsels and Dames|Tauriq Moosa|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Nizam, continuing to see himself as a foreigner, refused to accede to India upon independence.
India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux|Kranti Rai|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is entirely the government's prerogative to accede to these requests or not.
In Italy, Religious Minorities Struggle (Vainly) for Official Recognition|Anna Momigliano|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A Church Covenants, believing that she sees the truth in part, and is disposed to accede to it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Moselekatse would not accede to the idea of him going alone, and finally the king himself determined to accompany him.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane
Belgium, however, now refused to accede to the arrangement, by resolving not to cede Luxembourg.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
He received the message, but did not, for reasons best known to himself, see fit to accede to the request.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Should he accede to Ferdinand's desire, formally communicated in a letter sent by Escoiquiz on October twelfth?
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for accede

accede

/ (ækˈsiːd) /

verb (intr usually foll by to)

to assent or give one's consent; agree

to enter upon or attain (to an office, right, etc)the prince acceded to the throne

international law to become a party (to an agreement between nations, etc), as by signing a treaty

Derived forms of accede

accedence, nounacceder, noun

Word Origin for accede

C15: from Latin accēdere to approach, agree, from ad- to + cēdere to go, yield

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