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ACCEDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To agree or express agreement

Example:

The Maestro assented to the request for an encore

Synonyms:

accede; acquiesce; assent

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):

agree (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accede"):

connive (encourage or assent to illegally or criminally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

accession (agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yield to another's wish or opinion

Example:

The government bowed to the military pressure

Synonyms:

accede; bow; defer; give in; submit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):

buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s to somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Take on duties or office

Example:

accede to the throne

Synonyms:

accede; enter

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "accede" is one way to...):

take office (assume an office, duty, or title)

come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "accede"):

ascend (become king or queen)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

accession (the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne))

Credits

 Context examples: 

The surprise of such an application was great indeed; it was too great for her to know in what manner she acceded to it.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)