Ac*cede" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Acceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Acceding.] [L. accedere to approach, accede; ad + cedere to move, yield: cf. F. accédere. See Cede.]

1. To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede. [Obs.] T. Gale.

2. To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.

Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461.
T. Warton.

If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power.
Morley.

3. 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.
Chesterfield.

Syn. -- To agree; assent; consent; comply; acquiesce; concur.

• (intransitive) (obsolete) To approach; to arrive; to come forward.
  
• (transitive) To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain.
        Edward IV, who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. - Thomas Warton
        If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. - Morley
  
• (transitive) To give one's adhesion; to join a group; to become part of a country etc.
        Britain acceded to the European Union in 1973.
  
• (transitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view.
        The treaty of Hanover in 1725... to which the Dutch afterwards acceded. - Chesterfield
  
  Italian
• third-person singular indicative present of accedere
  
  Spanish
• third-person singular indicative present of acceder
  
• second-person singular imperative of acceder