1. agree to a demand, request, or treaty: "the authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands"Similaragree toconsent toacceptassent toacquiesce inendorsecomply withgo along withconcur withallowrecognizegrantsurrender toyield togive in togive way todefer torelentback downOppositerefusedeny
2. assume an office or position: "Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558"Similarsucceed toassumeattaincome tocome intoinherittake overbe elevated toOppositeabdicaterenounce
▪ become a member of a community or organization:"Albania acceded to the IMF in 1990"Similarjoinbecome a member ofbecome (a) party tosign up toenroll inOppositeleavesecede
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.