accede

See also: accède, accedé, and accédé

English

WOTD – 27 May 2008

Etymology

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, aside from the common ad prefix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsiːd/, /ækˈsiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

accede (third-person singular simple present accedes, present participle acceding, simple past and past participle acceded)

1. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward. [15th–19th c.]
2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]
3. (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
4. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 32:

     Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.

5. (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 Thesaurus:accede

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• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, (obsolete) comprobate, (obsolete) astipulate

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• accedence
• acceder

Related terms

• accession

Translations

obsolete: to approach

• Dutch: naderen (nl)
• Finnish: lähestyä (fi) (approach), saapua (fi) (arrive)
• Polish: przystępować (pl)
• Slovene: pristopiti

to join a group

• Bulgarian: присъединявам се (prisǎedinjavam se)
• Czech: přistoupit (cs) (ke skupině, ke smlouvě)
• Dutch: toetreden (nl)
• Finnish: liittyä (fi)
• German: beitreten (de), anschließen (de) (reflexive)
• Hungarian: belép (hu), csatlakozik (hu)
• Polish: wstępować (pl), przyłączać się (pl), przyłączyć się (pl), przystawać (pl), przystać, przystąpić (pl), wstąpić (pl), zgłaszać przystąpienie, zgłosić przystąpienie, zgłosić akces, wstąpić (pl) pf
• Russian: присоединя́ться (ru) (prisojedinjátʹsja)
• Slovene: pristopiti
• Swedish: ansluta till
• Ukrainian: приє́днуватися impf (pryjédnuvatysja), приєдна́тися pf (pryjednátysja)

to agree to a proposal or view

• Bulgarian: приемам (bg) (priemam), съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se)
• Czech: souhlasit (cs), přistoupit (cs) (na návrh)
• Dutch: toestemmen (nl), aanvaarden (nl), inwilligen (nl)
• Finnish: myöntyä (fi) (intr.; + illative), taipua (fi) (intr.; + illative), suostua (fi) (intr.; + illative)
• German: stattgeben (de), zustimmen (de), einwilligen (de), bewilligen (de)
• Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu)
• Polish: wyrażać zgodę, wyrazić zgodę, zgodzić się (pl)
• Portuguese: aceder (pt), consentir (pt)
• Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) (soglašátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прѝстати

  Roman: prìstati (sh), saglasiti, suglasiti (sh)

• Slovene: pristopiti
• Spanish: acceder (es), consentir (es)
• Swedish: instämma i

to enter upon an office or dignity

• Bulgarian: встъпвам (bg) (vstǎpvam)
• Dutch: aanvaarden (nl), (throne) bestijgen (nl)
• Finnish: astua (virkaan), nousta (valtaan), (accede a royal office) nousta (valtaistuimelle)
• German: antreten (de) (office), besteigen (de) (throne)
• Hungarian: hivatalba lép
• Maori: eke
• Polish: obejmować (pl), objąć (pl)
• Russian: вступа́ть (ru) (vstupátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: stúpiti (sh) pf

• Spanish: subir (es), acceder (es)
• Swedish: tillträda (sv)
• Vietnamese: nhậm chức (vi)

to become a party to an agreement or a treaty

• Czech: přistoupit (cs) (na dohodu, uzavřít smlouvu)
• German: beitreten (de), Mitglied werden, anschließen (de) (reflexive)

References

• “accede”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• acceed

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: ac‧cè‧de

Verb

accede

1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

• ecceda

Latin

Verb

accēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of accēdō

Romanian

Etymology

From French accéder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.ˈt͡ʃe.de/
• Rhymes: -ede
• Hyphenation: ac‧ce‧de

Verb

a accede (third-person singular present accede, past participle acces) 3rd conj.

1. (intransitive) to accede, to reach (a place)

Conjugation

    conjugation of accede (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a accede
gerund			accedând
past participle			acces
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	acced	accezi	accede	accedem	accedeți	acced
	imperfect	accedeam	accedeai	accedea	accedeam	accedeați	accedeau
	simple perfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să acced	să accezi	să acceadă	să accedem	să accedeți	să acceadă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		accede			accedeți
	negative		nu accede			nu accedeți

Further reading

• accede in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Verb

accede

1. inflection of acceder:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative