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accede, v.|ækˈsiːd|
[ad. L. accēd-ĕre, f. ac- = ad- to + cēdĕre to move on, go, come. Cf. Fr. accéder (14th c.)]
I. intr. To come to a place, state or dignity; to come into an opinion, to agree.
1. To come forward, approach, or arrive (at a place or state).
1677Gale Crt. of Gentiles II. iv. 239 As soon as it existes it perisheth: it recedes as soon as it accedes. 1759Wilson Tourmalin in Phil. Trans. LI. 317 One body electrified plus and another body electrified minus..accede, or move towards each other. 1862F. Hall Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 258 A property, acceding, or seceding, changes its subject.
2. To arrive at, or enter upon an office or dignity. Const. to.
1756C. Lucas Ess. on Waters I. Dedn., That Chosen Family..acceded to the thrones of these Redeemed Realms. 1799S. Turner Anglo-Sax. (1828) I. 440 A petty prince in the southern parts of Scandinavia who acceded in 862. 1867Burton Hist. Scot. I. 43 The Emperor Julian..had just acceded to the purple. 1879Prince of Wales in Daily News 28 Apr. 2/5, I acceded to this post after the death of my lamented father.
3. To join oneself, become a party, give one's adhesion; hence, to assent, agree to (unto obs.).
1432–50Trevisa Higden (Rolls Ser.) I. 51 Alle thynges lyffenge or groenge accede moore tollerably to the hieste colde then to the hieste heete. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 21 An Accessory is said to be that, which does accede unto some Principal Fact or Thing in Law. 1774Bryant Mythol. II. 191 We may accede to the account given of them by Zonaras. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. xxxvii. 12 Potidæa had already acceded to the confederacy. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 217 In an evil hour this proposal was acceded to.
II. trans.
4. (Only in pa. pple.) To assign or award (an office or dignity).
1818Coleridge Friend I. xii. 134 A most puissent military chieftain of low birth, who will have acceded to him a fellowship with the other Sovereigns of the earth. 1875A. Trollope Prime Minister I. i. 5 And this most precious rank was acceded to him. |