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Latin accessio, from accedere: compare French accession. See accede.
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Accession ({{{1}}})
- A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
- Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
- The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. - Edward Gibbon
- (law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
- (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
- The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
- (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
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a coming to
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to Accession (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
External links[]
- Accession at OneLook® Dictionary Search
- Accession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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