[
US
/ækˈsid/
]
[ UK /ɐksˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /ɐksˈiːd/ ]
VERB
-
take on duties or office
accede to the throne -
to agree or express agreement
The Maestro assented to the request for an encore -
yield to another's wish or opinion
The government bowed to the military pressure
How To Use accede In A Sentence
- Today the WTO has 144 member countries, with at least 30 more planning to accede.
- Lamptey attempted to reconcile with them and he acceded to his father's dying wish to reconvert to Christianity, but he was pained at the funerals when he 'had to bury them both alone'.
- It must be clear to every reflecting person that by always proposing what he knew could not be honourably acceded to, he kept up the appearance of being a pacificator, while at the same time he ensured to himself the pleasure of carrying on the war. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
- Multa cura et tristitia faciunt accedere melancholiam Anatomy of Melancholy
- By 1134, two of Sancho's sons had successively acceded to both thrones and died without heirs, leaving only one son left - Ramiro, Bishop of Barbastro-Roda.
- Lamptey attempted to reconcile with them and he acceded to his father's dying wish to reconvert to Christianity, but he was pained at the funerals when he 'had to bury them both alone'.
- It is doubtful whether the government will ever accede to the nationalists' demands for independence.
- Just have the goodness to accede to my request and stop meddling in the Amaury case. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
- The world was a very different place when the Queen acceded to the throne.
- However this leaves physicians in a difficult situation, since if they accede to a request from a patient to cease routine treatment, or to help her to die, they may very well under present laws, be charged with manslaughter.