accession
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin accessio, from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession.
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[edit] Noun
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; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
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- The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. - Edward Gibbon
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- (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). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
- (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
- (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
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a coming to
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[edit] Verb
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).
[edit] External links
- accession at OneLook Dictionary Search
- accession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] French
[edit] Noun
accession f. (plural accessions)