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

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How to use accede in a sentence

In late November, he sued De Volksbank to keep his bank account open, rather than accede to its demands.
Why 'Accidental Americans' Are Desperate to Give Up Their U.S. Citizenship|Vivienne Walt|December 22, 2020|Time
It would be difficult to describe these as the actions of a man acceding to American wishes to defuse the situation.
Iraq Back on the Brink: Maliki's Sectarian Crisis of His Own Making|Kenneth M. Pollack|December 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The debate has been often held about Google's role in acceding to the Chinese government's demands to censor search results.
Jeff Jarvis Asks: Is Google an Evil Empire?|Dave Kansas|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Very good, retorted the doctor; then so much the more reason for acceding to my proposition.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens

As He promised to make himself known in a vision, so he will give his people to know him in acceding to his Covenant.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
The saddle, then, would be ours, without any trouble or risk of detection: how I blessed him for acceding so readily to my plans!
Confessions of a Thug|Philip Meadows Taylor
The work of acceding to the covenant conditions on the part of each is personal.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
He showed not only the undesirability and impossibility of acceding to proposition, but denounced it as "absolutely childish."
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., February 7, 1891|Various

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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