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Webster 1913 Edition
Accede
Ac-cede′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Acceded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acceding
.] 1.
To approach; to come forward; – opposed to
recede
. [Obs.]
T. Gale.
2.
To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
Edward IV., who had
acceded
to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton.
If Frederick had
acceded to the supreme power
. Morley.
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 requestThe treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards
acceded
. Chesterfield.
Syn. – To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
Webster 1828 Edition
Accede
ACCE'DE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To agree or assent, as to a proposition, or to terms proposed by another. Hence in a negotiation.2.
To become a party, by agreeing to the terms of a treaty or convention.