accede

Meaning

Verb

• To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
• To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
• To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
• To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
• To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

Related

Similar words

• band together, enroll
• agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, comprobate, astipulate

Opposite words

• leave, secede, split off

Origin

• First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō ("approach, accede"), formed from ad + cēdō (English cede). Compare French accéder. Unrelated to ascend, aside from the common ad prefix.