accede

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See also: accède, accedé, and accédé

English

WOTD – 27 May 2008

Etymology

First attested in the early 15th century. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English acceden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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  • Rhymes: -id

Verb

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  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.

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Italian

Verb

accede

  1. third-person singular present indicative of accedere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) accēde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of accēdō

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.
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