accede
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Is accede a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (archaic, intransitive) To approach; to arrive, to come forward.archaicintransitive
2. (intransitive, now rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.Synonyms: band together, enrollarchaicintransitive
3. (intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.Examples: "But in 1874 the editors of Scribner’s Monthly requested me to publish a popular account of the Colorado exploration in that journal. To this I acceded and prepared four short articles, which were elaborately illustrated from photographs in my possession."; "Some of the countries of Eastern Europe had already acceded to all the privatization and austerity measures drawn up by imperialist bankers. The Socialist Federation of Yugoslavia was the last of the Eastern European workers' states trying to hold on to what was left of its planned, socialized framework of production and its collective ownership."Synonyms: come aroundintransitive
4. (intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).Examples: "Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours."intransitive
5. (intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary