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accede
[ ak-seed ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
accede
/ ækˈsiːd /
verb
- 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
- acˈceder, noun
- acˈcedence, noun
Other Words From
- ac·cedence noun
- ac·ceder noun
- nonac·cedence noun
- nonac·ceding adjective
- reac·cede verb (used without object) reacceded reacceding
- unac·ceding adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of accede1
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Example Sentences
The strike ultimately worked, as commissioner Walter Kennedy grudgingly acceded to the players’ demands.
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.
That plan ran into conservative opposition, but its opponents acceded to two more modest proposals.
But to understand business survival in the face of moral decisions is not to immediately accede to the business.
The Nizam, continuing to see himself as a foreigner, refused to accede to India upon independence.
It is entirely the government's prerogative to accede to these requests or not.
A Church Covenants, believing that she sees the truth in part, and is disposed to accede to it.
Moselekatse would not accede to the idea of him going alone, and finally the king himself determined to accompany him.
Belgium, however, now refused to accede to the arrangement, by resolving not to cede Luxembourg.
He received the message, but did not, for reasons best known to himself, see fit to accede to the request.
Should he accede to Ferdinand's desire, formally communicated in a letter sent by Escoiquiz on October twelfth?
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