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verb

Accede v. i. (past & past part. acceded; pres. part. acceding)

To approach; to come forward; opposed to recede. (Obs.)

To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. "Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461." "If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power."

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. "The treaty of Hanover in 1725... to which the Dutch afterwards acceded."

Synonyms: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.

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... the City wish to send a practical man, we are willing to accede that Earl Grey is not in a position to sit and work for us in the Council, but we wish, by electing a man who cannot act, at any rate for eighteen months, to carry out the principle which the Electors of the District have already agreed to be correct; we deem it then the duty of every ...

— A Source Book Of Australian History • Compiled by Gwendolen H. Swinburne

... to the Home Government, it was altogether beyond his powers. Gordon was sent out for a distinct aim; he now proposed to subordinate that aim to another far vaster aim which lay beyond his province. Nevertheless, Sir E. Baring on February 28, and on March 4, urged the Gladstone Ministry even now to accede to Gordon's request for Zebehr Pasha as his successor, on the ground that some Government must be left in the Sudan, and Zebehr was deemed at Cairo to be the only possible governor. Again the Home Government refused, and thereby laid themselves under the moral obligation of suggesting ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... roofs of the temples were plated with gold, while the walls were hung with tapestry and the floors inlaid with tiles of the same precious metal. There must be some foundation for all this. At all events, it was safe to accede to the Inca's proposition; since, by so doing, he could collect, at once, all the gold at his disposal, and thus prevent its being purloined or secreted by the natives. He therefore acquiesced in Atahuallpa's offer, and, drawing a red line along the wall at the height which the Inca had ...

— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott

... say,' continued Townley, 'that Duncan so far overcame the advocate that this gentleman thought it would be for his client's interest to accede in part to his demands, or rather to one of them—viz., to pay him a sum of money to leave the country for ever. But this money was not to be paid until he had taken his passage and was about to sail for some—any—country, not nearer than the ...

— Our Home in the Silver West - A Story of Struggle and Adventure • Gordon Stables

... a great respect for the city editor, who was indeed known by reputation throughout New England as a man of influence and ability, and he felt disposed to accede to any ...

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