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accede
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
accede
(verb)
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accede
/æk
ˈ
siːd/
verb
accedes
;
acceded
;
acceding
accede
/æk
ˈ
siːd/
verb
accedes
;
acceded
;
acceding
Learner's definition of ACCEDE
[
no object
]
formal
1
:
to agree to a request or a demand
—
usually +
to
The government was forced to
accede to
their demands.
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2
:
to enter a high office or position
His son
acceded
upon the king's death.
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—
usually +
to
He
acceded to the throne
[=he became king] in 1838.
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