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Etymology
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From French accès or from Latin accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“‘approach; accede’”) < ad (“‘to, toward, at’”) + cēdō (“‘move, yield’”).
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- (uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
- All access was thronged. - Milton
- (uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
- (uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
- I did repel his fetters, and denied His access to me. - Shakespeare, Hamlet, II-i
- (uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
- During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. - Blackstone
- (countable) An increase by addition; accession; as, an access of territory.
- I, from the influence of thy looks, receive access in every virtue. - Milton
- (countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
- The first access looked like an apoplexy. - Burnet
- (countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion; as, an access of fury.
- 1946: Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- It appears that, about the middle of the fourth century of the Christian Era, the Germans in the Roman service started the new practice of retaining their native names; and this change of etiquette, which seems to have been abrupt, points to a sudden access of self-confidence and self-assurance in the souls of the barbarian personnel which had previously been content to 'go Roman' without reservations.
- 1946: Arnold J. Toynbee, A Study of History (Abridgement of Volumes I-VI by D.C. Somervell)
- (uncountable) (law) The right of a non-custodial parent to visit their child.
- (uncountable) (computing) The process of locating data in memory.
- (uncountable) Patrono:Internet Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
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Verb
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- (transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
- (transitive) (computing) To have access to (data).
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- Access in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Access in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Access at OneLook® Dictionary Search
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