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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əkˈsiːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.ˈsid/

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• Rhymes: -id

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 2003, p. 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 ie. 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

Translations

obsolete: to approach

• Dutch: naderen (nl)
• Finnish: lähestyä (fi) (approach), saapua (fi) (arrive)

• Polish: przystępować (pl)
• Slovene: pristopiti

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)
• Hungarian: hivatalba lép
• Maori: eke

• Polish: obejmować (pl), objąć (pl)
• Russian: вступа́ть (ru) (vstupátʹ)
• Spanish: subir (es), acceder (es)
• Swedish: tillträda (sv)

to join a group

• Bulgarian: присъединявам се (prisǎedinjavam se)
• Czech: přistoupit (na nějakou dohodu, uzavřít smlouvu)
• Dutch: toetreden (nl)
• Finnish: liittyä (fi)
• Hungarian: belép (hu), csatlakozik (hu)

• Polish: wstępować (pl), przyłączać się (pl), przyłączyć się (pl), przystawać, przystać, przystąpić (pl), wstąpić (pl), zgłaszać przystąpienie, zgłosić przystąpienie, zgłosić akces
• Russian: присоединя́ться (ru) (prisojedinjátʹsja)
• Slovene: pristopiti
• Swedish: ansluta till

to agree to a proposal or view

• Bulgarian: приемам (bg) (priemam), съгласявам се (sǎglasjavam se)
• Czech: souhlasit (cs)
• Dutch: toestemmen (nl), aanvaarden (nl), inwilligen (nl)
• Finnish: myöntyä (fi) (intr.; + illative), taipua (fi) (intr.; + illative), suostua (fi) (intr.; + illative)
• Hungarian: beleegyezik (hu)
• Polish: wyrażać zgodę, wyrazić zgodę, zgodzić się (pl)

• Portuguese: aceder (pt), consentir (pt)
• Russian: соглаша́ться (ru) (soglašátʹsja)
• Slovene: pristopiti
• Spanish: acceder (es), consentir (es)
• Swedish: instämma i

References

• accede in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• acceed

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Italian

Verb

accede

1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

• ecceda

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Latin

Verb

accēde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of accēdō

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Spanish

Verb

accede

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of acceder.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of acceder.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of acceder.