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accede

assent or yield; give consent; agree: accede to the terms of the agreement; to attain an office; succeed: accede to the throne

Not to be confused with:

concede – yielding without necessarily agreeing: He conceded the election before all the votes were in.

exceed – to go beyond the bounds: exceed the speed limit; outdo; beat

ac·cede

(ăk-sēd′)

intr.v. ac·ced·ed, ac·ced·ing, ac·cedes

1. To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another: accede to a demand. See Synonyms at assent.

2. To arrive at or come into an office or dignity: accede to the throne.

3. To become a party to an agreement or treaty.

[Middle English acceden, to come near, from Latin accēdere, to go near : ad-, ad- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

ac·ced′ence (-sēd′ns) n.

ac·ced′er n.

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accede

(ækˈsiːd)

1. to assent or give one's consent; agree

2. to enter upon or attain (to an office, right, etc): the prince acceded to the throne.

3. (Law) international law to become a party (to an agreement between nations, etc), as by signing a treaty

[C15: from Latin accēdere to approach, agree, from ad- to + cēdere to go, yield]

acˈcedence n

acˈceder n

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ac•cede

(ækˈsid)

v.i. -ced•ed, -ced•ing.

1. to give one's consent, approval, or adherence by yielding; give in; agree; assent: to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.

2. to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity; succeed (usu. fol. by to): to accede to the throne.

3. to become a party to an agreement or treaty.

[1400–50; to approach, adapt to < Latin accēdere to approach, assent =ac- ac- + cēdere to go; see cede]

ac•ced′ence, n.

ac•ced′er, n.

accede

Past participle: acceded
Gerund: acceding

Imperative
accede
accede

Present
I accede
you accede
he/she/it accedes
we accede
you accede
they accede

Preterite
I acceded
you acceded
he/she/it acceded
we acceded
you acceded
they acceded

Present Continuous
I am acceding
you are acceding
he/she/it is acceding
we are acceding
you are acceding
they are acceding

Present Perfect
I have acceded
you have acceded
he/she/it has acceded
we have acceded
you have acceded
they have acceded

Past Continuous
I was acceding
you were acceding
he/she/it was acceding
we were acceding
you were acceding
they were acceding

Past Perfect
I had acceded
you had acceded
he/she/it had acceded
we had acceded
you had acceded
they had acceded

Future
I will accede
you will accede
he/she/it will accede
we will accede
you will accede
they will accede

Future Perfect
I will have acceded
you will have acceded
he/she/it will have acceded
we will have acceded
you will have acceded
they will have acceded

Future Continuous
I will be acceding
you will be acceding
he/she/it will be acceding
we will be acceding
you will be acceding
they will be acceding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been acceding
you have been acceding
he/she/it has been acceding
we have been acceding
you have been acceding
they have been acceding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been acceding
you will have been acceding
he/she/it will have been acceding
we will have been acceding
you will have been acceding
they will have been acceding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been acceding
you had been acceding
he/she/it had been acceding
we had been acceding
you had been acceding
they had been acceding

Conditional
I would accede
you would accede
he/she/it would accede
we would accede
you would accede
they would accede

Past Conditional
I would have acceded
you would have acceded
he/she/it would have acceded
we would have acceded
you would have acceded
they would have acceded

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Verb	1.	accede - yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" give in, bow, defer, submit buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield - consent reluctantly
	2.	accede - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" enter ascend - become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" come after, succeed, follow - be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
	3.	accede - to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" acquiesce, assent agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" connive - encourage or assent to illegally or criminally

accede

verb

To respond affirmatively; receive with agreement or compliance:

accept, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent, nod, subscribe, yes.

Translations

يُوَافِق عَلَى، يَقْبَل

přistoupitsouhlasit

gå med påindvilge i

zustimmen

astualähestyäliittyämyöntyänousta

accéder admettre

samòykkja, fallast á

accedere acconsentire ascendere concordare

sutikti

piekrist

naderen toetreden

gå med på imøtekomme

obejmować objąć

pristúpiť

kabul etmekrazı olmak

同意

accede

[ækˈsiːd] VI to accede to

1. (= assent to) [+ request] → acceder a; [+ suggestion] → aceptar

2. (= gain, enter into) [+ office, post] → tomar posesión de; [+ party] → adherirse a; [+ throne] → acceder a, subir a; [+ treaty] → adherirse a

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accede

[ækˈsiːd] vi

(= agree) to accede to sth [+ request, demand] → accéder à qch

(= gain position) → entrer en fonction
to accede to sth [+ throne] → accéder à qch; [+ presidency] → accéder à qch

accede

to accede to the throne → den Thron besteigen; to accede to the Premiership/office of President → die Nachfolge als Premierminister/Präsident antreten

(= agree) → zustimmen (→ to +dat); (= yield) → einwilligen (→ to in +acc)

to accede to a treaty → einem Pakt beitreten

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accede

[ækˈsiːd] (frm) vi to accede to (throne) → salire a, ascendere a; (office, position) → accedere a; (request) → aderire a, accedere a

accede

(əkˈsiːd) : accede to

to agree to. He acceded to my request.

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This decision was, that he ought to accede to the woman's request and that her faith might save her son.

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This is an extremity to which no government will of choice accede. Revenue, therefore, must be had at all events.

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The second conclusion is that all the deputations composing the convention were satisfactorily accommodated by the final act, or were induced to accede to it by a deep conviction of the necessity of sacrificing private opinions and partial interests to the public good, and by a despair of seeing this necessity diminished by delays or by new experiments.

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