accede
Americanverb (used without object)
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to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
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to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity; succeed (usually followed byto ).
to accede to the throne.
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International Law. to become a party to an agreement, treaty, or the like, by way of accession.
verb
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to assent or give one's consent; agree
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to enter upon or attain (to an office, right, etc)
the prince acceded to the throne
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international law to become a party (to an agreement between nations, etc), as by signing a treaty
Related Words
See agree.
Other Word Forms
- accedence noun
- acceder noun
- nonaccedence noun
- nonacceding adjective
- reaccede verb (used without object)
- unacceding adjective
Etymology
Origin of accede
1400–50; late Middle English: to approach, adapt to < Latin accēdere to approach, assent, equivalent to ac- ac- + cēdere to go; cede
Example Sentences
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"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Amodei said.
From BBC
"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said in a statement.
From Barron's
Thursday, Amodei doubled down on his objections, saying that while the company continues to negotiate and wants to work with the Pentagon, “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”
From Los Angeles Times
“We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” he said.
The apartheid government under President F.W. de Klerk dismantled its nuclear weapons and associated facilities in an orderly process—before acceding to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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