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accede Definition

ac·cede (ak sēd′)

intransitive verb -·ced′ed, -·ced′·ing

  1. to enter upon the duties (of an office); attain (to)
  2. to give assent; give in; agree (to)
  3. to become a party (to a treaty) between nations

Etymology: L accedere < ad-, to + cedere, to go: see cede

accede Related Forms
ac·ced′·ence noun ac·ced′er noun
accede Synonyms

accede

v.

consent, comply, acquiesce, give in; see agree, consent. See syn. study atconsent.

accede Usage Examples

Object

  • state: There will also be 162 new faces from the acceding states.
  • country: What is the position on 1 May 2004 of goods from an acceding country?

Infinitive complement

  • pressure: Finally, the government acceded to pressure and put a small report on external costs on its web site.

Preposition: without

  • delay: The resolution calls on all other states to accede without delay and undertake the full and effective implementation of the treaty.

Modifying Another Word

  • thereto: And whereas we have taken the said petitions into Our Royal consideration and are minded to accede thereto.
  • readily: Perhaps this is a lesson not to accede too readily to such a course in the future.
  • finally: Several days later, under the pressure of insistent demands, he finally acceded to liberate the pictures.
  • yet: Despite the fact that Kazakhstan had not yet acceded to the Ottawa Convention, it fully supported the humanitarian orientation of that instrument.
  • not: The senior command did not accede to these requests.
  • immediately: I call upon all States to accede immediately to the Convention.