Accession

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  • noun. The attainment of a dignity or rank.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something that has been acquired or added; an acquisition.
  • noun. An increase by means of something added.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The addition to or increase in value of property by means of improvements or natural growth.
  • noun. The right of a proprietor to ownership of such addition or increase.
  • noun. Agreement or assent.
  • noun. Access; admittance.
  • noun. A sudden outburst.
  • transitive verb. To record in the order of acquisition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To enter in the accession-book of a library. See accession-book.
  • noun. A coming, as into the possession of a right or station; attainment; entrance; induction: as, the accession of the people to political power, or to the ballot; accession to an estate, or to the throne.
  • noun. The act of acceding, as by assent or agreement; consent; junction; adhesion: as, accession to a demand or proposal; their accession to the party or confederacy was a great gain.
  • noun. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation; addition: as, an accession of wealth, territory, or numbers.
  • noun. In law, a mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth or by the application of labor has a right to the thing added or to the improvement, as an addition to a house made by a tenant under an ordinary lease.
  • noun. In medicine, the attack, approach, or commencement of a disease; access.
  • noun. In the election of a pope, the transference of votes from one candidate to another, when the scrutiny has not resulted in a choice. The opportunity of doing this is called an accessit (which see).
  • noun. Increase, addition, increment, extension, augmentation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
  • noun. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • noun. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; ; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
  • noun. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
  • noun. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • noun. 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).
  • noun. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • noun. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  • noun. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • noun. Agreement.
  • noun. Access; admittance.
  • verb. To make a record of (additions to a collection).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something added to what you already have
  • noun. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
  • noun. agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
  • noun. the right to enter
  • noun. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
  • verb. make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
  • noun. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
  • Word Usage
    "The prospect of Jang's accession is a less than comforting thought."
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