Dictionary Definition
accede
Verb
1 submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;
"The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer, give in]
2 take on duties or office; "accede to the
throne" [syn: enter]
3 to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro
assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From accedo, formed from ad- + cedere "to move", "to yield": compare French accéder. See cede.Pronunciation
- /əkˈsiːd/, /@k"si:d/
- Rhymes with: -iːd
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
obsolete: to approach
- Dutch: naderen
- Finnish: (approach) lähestyä, (arrive) saapua
- Polish: przystępować
- Slovene: pristopiti
to enter upon an office or dignity
- Dutch: aanvaarden, (throne) bestijgen
- Finnish: astua (virkaan), nousta (valtaan) / (accede a royal office) nousta (valtaistuimelle)
- Polish: obejmować, objąć
to join a group
- Dutch: toetreden
- Finnish: liittyä
- Polish: wstępować, przyłączać się, przyłączyć się, przystawać, przystać, przystąpić, wstąpić, zgłaszać przystąpienie, zgłosić przystąpienie, zgłosić akces
- Slovene: pristopiti
to agree to a proposal or view
- Dutch: toestemmen, aanvaarden, inwilligen
- Finnish: myöntyä (intr.; + illative), taipua (intr.; + illative), suostua (intr.; + illative)
- Polish: wyrażać zgodę, wyrazić zgodę, zgodzić się
- Slovene: pristopiti
References
- Webster 1913
Italian
Verb
accede- Form of Third-person singular present tense, accedere
Spanish
Verb form
accede- third-person singular indicative present of acceder
- second-person singular imperative of acceder
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK, abide
by, accede to, accept,
acclaim, accord to,
acquiesce, acquiesce
in, agree, agree to, agree
with, allow, applaud, approve, approve of, assent, attain to, be agreeable,
be instated, be willing, buy, cheer, comply, concur, condescend, connive at,
consent, consent to
silently, cooperate,
deign, endorse, face the music, give
consent, give the nod, go along with, grant, hail, have no objection, hold with,
in toto, knock under, knuckle down, knuckle under, let, live with it, mount the throne,
nod, nod assent, not refuse,
not resist, obey, okay, permit, ratify, receive, relent, resign, sanction, say aye, say yes,
submit, subscribe, subscribe to,
succumb, swallow it,
swallow the pill, take,
take it, take kindly to, take office, vote affirmatively, vote aye,
vote for, welcome, wink
at, yes, yield
assent