assent, accede, acquiesce
(verb) to agree or express agreement; “The Maestro assented to the request for an encore”
submit, bow, defer, accede, give in
(verb) yield to another’s wish or opinion; “The government bowed to the military pressure”
accede, enter
(verb) take on duties or office; “accede to the throne”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)
(archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th-19th c.]
(intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
(intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.
(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards (i.e, accede to).
• (to join a group): band together, enroll
• (agree to a proposal or a view): come around, concede; See also accede
• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate
• (to join a group): leave, secede, split off
• acceed
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cede", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.] Etym: [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. accédere. See Cede.]
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 request. The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.
Syn.
– To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
