English

Verb

accede ‎(third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th-19th c.]
2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:

     Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.

5. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Usage notes

(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards ie. accede to.

Synonyms

• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, concede, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate

Derived terms

• accedence

Translations

References

• accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Verb

accede

1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

• ecceda

Latin

Verb

accēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of accēdō

Spanish

Verb

accede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of acceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of acceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of acceder.