Accedence
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; -ssent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
to attain or -ssume an office, t-tle, or dignity; succeed (usually followed by to):
to accede to the throne.
international law. to become a party to an agreement, treaty, or the like, by way of .
historical examples
memorandum:—he struck-out above halfe of the accedence, and wrote new instead.
brief lives (vol. 2 of 2) john aubrey
verb (intransitive) usually foll by to
to -ssent or give one’s consent; agree
to enter upon or attain (to an office, right, etc): the prince acceded to the throne
(international law) to become a party (to an agreement between nations, etc), as by signing a treaty
v.
early 15c., from latin accedere “approach, enter upon,” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + cedere “go, move” (see cede). latin ad- usually became ac- before “k” sounds. related: acceded; acceding.
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