Accede

/əkˈsiːd/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To agree or assent [with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way.
2. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to].
3. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to].
4. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
5. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.

Example Sentences

to accede to a request

It was added that if he acceded to these proposals, his fortresses and sea-ports should be garrisoned by French and Spanish troops to protect him from England’s vengeance, but that if he refused—and the answer was to be given within four days—he must take the consequences of such a line of policy.

But in 1874 the editors of Scribner’s Monthly requested me to publish a popular account of the Colorado exploration in that journal. To this I acceded and prepared four short articles, which were elaborately illustrated from photographs in my possession.

Referring to the "hero of the day," No. 92220, Mr. Hanks acceded that she was not of the Great Western breed, but they had done their best to make up for that by "dollying her up in good old Western colours and conferring upon her the finest honour we can—the halo or crown of Swindon, the copper top to her chimney."

Some of the countries of Eastern Europe had already acceded to all the privatization and austerity measures drawn up by imperialist bankers. The Socialist Federation of Yugoslavia was the last of the Eastern European workers' states trying to hold on to what was left of its planned, socialized framework of production and its collective ownership.

The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to “any lawful use” and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. […] Regardless, these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.

the house of Hanover acceded to the English throne

Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.

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