Accede Word Meaning

late Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’

agree to a demand, request, or treaty

agree to demand or treaty

• the authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands
• I found myself with little choice but to accede

assume an office or position

assume office or position

• Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558
• he acceded to the post of director in September
• by now John had died and Henry III had acceded