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ACCEDED
Verb
acceded
simple past tense and past participle of accede
Source: Wiktionary
ACCEDE
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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