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Accede

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ac⋅cede

  [ak-seed]
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–verb (used without object), -ced⋅ed, -ced⋅ing.
1. to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
2. to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity; succeed (usually fol. by to): to accede to the throne.
3. International Law. to become a party to an agreement, treaty, or the like, by way of accession.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME: to approach, adapt to < L accēdere to approach, assent, equiv. to ac- ac- + cēdere to go; see cede

Related forms:
ac⋅ced⋅ence, noun
ac⋅ced⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See agree.
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ac·cede   (āk-sēd')   
intr.v.   ac·ced·ed, ac·ced·ing, ac·cedes

  1. To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another; concede. See Synonyms at assent.

  2. To arrive at or come into an office or dignity: accede to the throne.

  3. To become a party to an agreement or treaty.


[Middle English acceden, to come near, from Latin accēdere, to go near : ad-, ad- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
ac·ced'ence (-sēd'ns) n., ac·ced'er n.
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Word Origin & History

accede 
1432, from L. accedere "approach, enter upon," from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move" (see cede). Latin ad- usually became ac- before "k" sounds.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ac·cede
Pronunciation: ak-'sEd, ik-
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: ac·ced·ed; ac·ced·ing
1 a : to become a party (as to an agreement) by associating oneself with others accede to the covenant> b : to express approval or give consent accedes, and transfers some of his property —In re Patterson, 139 Federal Reporter Supp. 830 (1956)>
2 : to assume an office or position <acceded to the governorship>
3 a : to become added by way of growth, increase, improvement, or labor acceded to the realty and had become “fixtures” —Graham v. Henderson, 608 South Western Reporter, Second Series 150 (1980)> b : to come into control or ownership of something accedes to all property of the debtor —Directory Int'l Incorporated v. Bates Manufacturing Company, 91 Bankruptcy Reporter 738 (1988)>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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