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Accede \Ac*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Acceded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Acceding}.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad cedere
to move, yield: cf. F. acc['e]dere. See {Cede}.]
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1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to {recede}.
[Obs.] --T. Gale.
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2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
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Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the
year 1461. --T. Warton.
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If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power.
--Morley.
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3. To become a party by associating one's self with others;
to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a
proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
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The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the
Dutch afterwards acceded. --Chesterfield.
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Syn: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
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