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Webster 1913 Edition

Accession

Ac-ces′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
accessio
, fr.
accedere
: cf. F.
accession
. See
Accede
.]
1.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined;
as, a king’s
accession
to a confederacy
.
2.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without;
as, an
accession
of wealth or territory
.
The only
accession
which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
Gibbon.
3.
(Law)
(a)
A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
(b)
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
Kent.
4.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity;
as, the
accession
of the house of Stuart
; – applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
5.
(Med.)
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
AS
Syn. – Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.

Webster 1828 Edition

Accession

ACCESS'ION

,
Noun.
[L. accessio.]
1.
A coming to; an acceding to and joining; as a king's accession to a confederacy.
2.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation; as an accession of wealth or territory.
3.
In law, a mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance, which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the thing added or the improvement; provided the thing is not changed into a different species. Thus the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
4.
The act of arriving at a throne, an office, or dignity.
5.
That which is added.
The only accession which the Roman Empire received, was the province of Britain.
6.
The invasion of a fit of a periodical disease, or fever. It differs from exacerbation. Accession implies a total previous intermission, as of a fever; exacerbation implies only a previous remission or abatement of violence.

Definition 2024

accession

accession

English

Noun

accession ‎(plural accessions)

  1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
  2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Edward Gibbon
      The only accession that the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
  3. (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
  4. (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  5. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  6. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  7. Agreement.
  8. Access; admittance.

Translations

Verb

accession ‎(third-person singular simple present accessions, present participle accessioning, simple past and past participle accessioned)

  1. (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).

Antonyms

French

Noun

accession f ‎(plural accessions)

  1. accession (to throne)
  2. (law) accession
    accession sociale à la propriété‎ ― assisted home-ownership scheme

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æk.ˈsɛ.ʃən/

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