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Latin accessio, from accedere: compare French accession. See accede.

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• IPA: /ək'sɛʃən/

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1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
2. 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

3. (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.
4. (law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
5. 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.
6. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

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1. (transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).

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• Accession at OneLook® Dictionary Search
• Accession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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