Acceding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accede \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['e]dere. See {Cede}.]
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     1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to {recede}.
        [Obs.] --T. Gale.


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     2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
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              Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the
              year 1461.                            --T. Warton.
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              If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power.
                                                    --Morley.
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     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.
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              The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the
              Dutch afterwards acceded.             --Chesterfield.
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     Syn: To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.
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