Ac*cede" (#), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. acc'edere. See Cede.]
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.
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