accede

[ ak-seed ]

verb (used without object)

, ac·ced·ed, ac·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.

accede

/ ækˈsiːd /

verb

1. to assent or give one's consent; agree
2. to enter upon or attain (to an office, right, etc)

   the prince acceded to the throne

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

Derived Forms

• acˈceder, noun
• acˈcedence, noun

Other Words From

• 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) reacceded reacceding
• unac·ceding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accede¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of accede¹

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

Synonym Study

See agree.

Example Sentences

For many Ukrainians, the principal worry is whether their government — faced with a potential choking off of vital military aid in a few short months — would be forced to accede to a negotiated settlement giving up parts of their country to Russian President Vladimir Putin, toward whom Trump has long demonstrated striking deference.

From Los Angeles Times

“We understand that Donald Trump is a risk to skip the debate altogether, as he has threatened to do previously, if we do not accede to his preferred format,” it said.

From BBC

Arguing on behalf of her right to die, she wrote: “It is not for the doctors to accede to each request, but to shorten the unnecessary suffering of an incurable disease from the moment it becomes unbearable.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rokita, who lost and lost and lost some more, finally managed to get a judge to accede to his request to dismiss his own lawsuit over the matter last week.

From Slate

That will give pause to any state executives before they accede to democracy-defying pressure from the former president.

From Salon

Related Words

• acquiesce