accede Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb yield to another's wish or opinion
    give in; defer; submit; bow.
    • The government bowed to the military pressure
  2. verb take on duties or office
    enter.
    • accede to the throne
  3. verb to agree or express agreement
    assent; acquiesce.
    • The Maestro assented to the request for an encore

WordNet

Ac*cede" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. accédere. See Cede.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Acceded; present participle & verbal noun Acceding
Definitions
  1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. Obs. T. Gale.
  2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
    Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton.
    If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.
  3. To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
    The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. Chesterfield.
    Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.

Webster 1913