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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 followed 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 Middle English: to approach, adapt to < Latin accēdere to approach, assent, equivalent to ac- ac- + cēdere to go; see cede
1400–50; late Middle English: to approach, adapt to < Latin accēdere to approach, assent, equivalent to ac- ac- + cēdere to go; see cede
Related forms
ac·ced·ence, noun
ac·ced·er, noun
non·ac·ced·ence, noun
non·ac·ced·ing, adjective
re·ac·cede, verb (used without object), -ced·ed, -ced·ing.
EXPANDun·ac·ced·ing, adjective
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Accede
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Example Sentences
- Your proclivity to accede to any request of a dying patient does you credit.
- You will be assimilated and accede to the social contract.
- If there is to be democracy in Indonesia, the army will have to accede to it.
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Word Origin & History
accede
mid-15c., from L. accedere "approach, enter upon," from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move" (see cede). Latin ad- usually became ac- before "k" sounds.
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