ACCEDE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• (to join a group): leave, secede, split off

Anagrams

• acceed

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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