accessional
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[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ækˈsɛʃ.nəl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.əl/, /ækˈsɛʃ.ən.l/
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Adjective
[edit]accessional
- (rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.