accede

ac·cede

intransitive verb \ak-ˈsēd, ik-\

ac·ced·edac·ced·ing

Definition of ACCEDE

1

a : to become a party (as to an agreement)

b : to express approval or give consent : give in to a request or demand

2

archaic : approach

3

: to enter upon an office or position

Examples of ACCEDE

1. His son acceded upon the king's death.
2. <finally acceded to their pleas for more time to complete the project>

Origin of ACCEDE

Middle English, from Latin accedere to go to, be added, from ad- + cedere to go

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to ACCEDE

Synonyms

acquiesce, agree, assent, come round, consent, subscribe

Antonyms

dissent

Related Words

adopt, embrace, espouse; abide, bear (with), endure, stand, suffer, tolerate; stomach, swallow, take; bow, knuckle under, relent, submit, succumb, yield

Near Antonyms

rebuff, refuse, reject, scorn, spurn; deny, gainsay

See Synonym Discussion at assent

Rhymes with ACCEDE

airspeed, bindweed, birdseed, blueweed, bourride, breast-feed, bur reed, burweed, cheerlead, chickweed, concede, crossbreed, cudweed, debride, degreed, duckweed, exceed, fairlead, fern seed, fireweed, flaxseed, force-feed, free reed, Godspeed, ground speed, gulfweed, half-breed, hand-feed, hawkweed, hayseed, high-speed, horseweed, impede, implead, inbreed, indeed, ironweed, Jamshid, jetbead, knapweed, knotweed, linseed, lip-read, milkweed, misdeed, mislead, misread, moonseed, nosebleed, off-speed, oilseed, pigweed, pinweed, pokeweed, pondweed, precede, proceed, proofread, ragweed, rapeseed, recede, reseed, rockweed, seaweed, secede, self-feed, Siegfried, sight-read, silkweed, smartweed, snakeweed, sneezeweed, speed-read, spoon-feed, stall-feed, stampede, stickseed, stickweed, stinkweed, succeed, ten-speed, tickseed, warp speed, weak-kneed, witchweed, wormseed