[əkˈsiːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- agree to a demand, request, or treaty
(e.g: the authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands)

- assume an office or position
(e.g: Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’