accession
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in 1646.
- From Latin accessio, from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
accession (plural accessions)
- A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
- Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edward Gibbon
- The only accession that the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
- (Can we date this quote?) Edward Gibbon
- (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
- (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
- (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
- Agreement.
- Access; admittance.
Translations [edit]
a coming to
(lawaccession) mode of acquiring property
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(lawaccession) act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force
act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity
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(medicineaccession) invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease
Verb [edit]
accession (third-person singular simple present accessions, present participle accessioning, simple past and past participle accessioned)
- (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
External links [edit]
- accession at OneLook Dictionary Search
- accession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
accession f (plural accessions)
