Acceed vs. Accede — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Acceed and Accede
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Acceed
Obsolete form of accede
Accede
Agree to a demand, request, or treaty
The authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands
Accede
Assume an office or position
Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558
Accede
To give one's consent, often at the insistence of another
Accede to a demand.
Accede
To arrive at or come into an office or dignity
Accede to the throne.
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Accede
To become a party to an agreement or treaty.
Accede
To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
Accede
To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
Accede
(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
Accede
(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
Accede
(intransitive) To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.
Accede
To approach; to come forward; - opposed to recede.
Accede
To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461.
If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power.
Accede
To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request.
The treaty of Hanover in 1725 . . . to which the Dutch afterwards acceded.
Accede
Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion;
The government bowed to the military pressure
Accede
Take on duties or office;
Accede to the throne
Accede
To agree or express agreement;
The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
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