accede
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in the early 15th century.
- From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, other than common ad prefix.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /əkˈsiːd/, X-SAMPA: /@k"si:d/
- (US) IPA: /æk.ˈsid/, X-SAMPA: /@"si:d/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -id
Verb [edit]
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.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:
- Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 32:
- (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.
Usage notes [edit]
(to agree, to come to an office, to become a party to): Use with the word to afterwards ie. accede to.
Synonyms [edit]
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Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
obsolete: to approach
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to enter upon an office or dignity
to join a group
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to agree to a proposal or view
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References [edit]
- accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
accede
- third-person singular present indicative of accedere
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
accēde
- second-person singular present active imperative of accēdō
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
accede (infinitive acceder)
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