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Accession

Accession Meaning & Definition
Accession Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accession?

[n] something added to what you have already; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
[n] the act of attaining a new office or right
[n] the act of entering upon or attaining to a position or right
[n] agreeing with; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
[v] make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library

Synonyms | Synonyms for Accession: addition | assenting | rise to power

Related Terms | Find terms related to Accession: accedence | acceptance | access | accessory | accompaniment | accretion | accrual | accruement | accumulation | acquiescence | acquirement | acquisition | addenda | addendum | additament | addition | additive | additory | additum | adjunct | adjunction | adjuvant | advance | advent | affixation | afflux | affluxion | agglutination | aggrandizement | agreement | agreement in principle | amplification | annex | annexation | anointing | anointment | appanage | appendage | appendant | appointment | appreciation | approach | approaching | appropinquation | approximation | appulse | appurtenance | appurtenant | arrogation | ascent | assent | assentation | assignment | assumption | attachment | attainment | augment | augmentation | authorization | ballooning | bloating | boom | boost | broadening | buildup | coda | coming | coming by | coming near | coming toward | complement | compliance | concomitant | concurrence | consecration | consent | continuation | corollary | coronation | crescendo | delegation | deputation | development | dragging down | earnings | edema | election | elevation | empowerment | enlargement | enthronement | expansion | extension | extrapolation | fixture | flood | flowing toward | forthcoming | gain | gaining | general agreement | getting | getting hold of | greatening | growth | gush | hearty assent | hike | imminence | inauguration | increase | increment | induction | inflation | installation | installment | instatement | investiture | joining | jump | junction | juxtaposition | leap | legitimate succession | making | moneygetting | moneygrubbing | moneymaking | mounting | multiplication | nearing | nearness | obtainment | obtention | offshoot | oncoming | pendant | placement | prefixation | procural | procurance | procuration | procurement | productiveness | proliferation | proximation | raise | reinforcement | rise | securement | seizure | side effect | side issue | snowballing | spread | succession | suffixation | superaddition | superfetation | superjunction | superposition | supplement | supplementation | support | surge | swelling | tailpiece | taking office | taking over | trover | tumescence | undergirding | uniting | up | upping | upsurge | upswing | uptrend | upturn | usurpation | warm assent | waxing | welcome | widening | winning

See Also | acquisition | agreement | annexation | beginning | commencement | enter | entering | entrance | entry | incoming | ingress | put down | record | start

Accession In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*ces"sion\, n. [L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See {Accede}.] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. --Gibbon. 3. (Law) (a) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. (b) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. --Kent. 4. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. 5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.

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