EGAVE

accede

About 0.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To agree or assent .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with to ‘a proposal, a request’]; to give way. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    to accede to a request
  2. verb To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position) [with to].
    the house of Hanover acceded to the English throne
  3. verb To become a party to an agreement or a treaty [with to].
    to accede to the European Union
  4. verb To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
  5. verb To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.

Similar words

comply acquiesce assent submit give in defer adhere bow come become

Often followed by

to in thereto without and or as on at

Word family

acceded acceded to the throne accedes acceding

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