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ac·ces·sion

(ăk-sĕsh′ən)

1. The attainment of a dignity or rank: the queen's accession to the throne.

a. Something that has been acquired or added; an acquisition.

b. An increase by means of something added.

3. Law

a. The addition to or increase in value of property by means of improvements or natural growth.

b. The right of a proprietor to ownership of such addition or increase.

4. Agreement or assent.

5. Access; admittance.

6. A sudden outburst.

tr.v. ac·ces·sioned, ac·ces·sion·ing, ac·ces·sions

To record in the order of acquisition: a curator accessioning newly acquired paintings.

ac·ces′sion·al adj.

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accession

(əkˈsɛʃən)

1. the act of entering upon or attaining to an office, right, condition, etc

2. an increase due to an addition

3. an addition, as to a collection

4. (Law) property law

a. an addition to land or property by natural increase or improvement

b. the owner's right to the increased value of such land

5. (Law) international law the formal acceptance of a convention or treaty

6. agreement; consent

7. a less common word for access²

(tr) to make a record of (additions to a collection)

acˈcessional adj

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ac•ces•sion

(ækˈsɛʃ ən)

n.

1. the act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.: accession to the throne.

2. an increase by something added: an accession of territory.

3. something added: accessions to the library.

4. Law. addition to property by growth or improvement.

5. consent; agreement; approval: accession to a demand.

6. formal acceptance of a treaty or other agreement between states.

7. approach or onset.

v.t.

8. to make a record of (a book, painting, etc.) in the order of acquisition.

9. to acquire (a book, painting, etc.), esp. for a permanent collection.

[1580–90; < Latin accessiō; see accede, -tion]

ac•ces′sion•al, adj.

accession

- Can be the "onset of illness or a powerful feeling."

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Noun	1.	accession - a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession" increment, growth, increase - a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
	2.	accession - (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement civil law - the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation property right - the legal right of ownership
	3.	accession - something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" addition acquisition - something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
	4.	accession - agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination" assenting agreement - the verbal act of agreeing
	5.	accession - the right to enter access, admittance, entree, admission right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" door - anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success"
	6.	accession - the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558" rise to power attainment - the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence"
Verb	1.	accession - make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form

accession

noun

accession to

1. succession to, attainment of, inheritance of, elevation to, taking up of, assumption of, taking over of, taking on of the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne

2. joining, admission, signing up a battle over Kashmir's accession to India

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accession

noun

Something tending to augment something else:

addition, acquisition, augmentation.

Translations

إضَافَةتَبَوُّء العَرْش

nastoupenípřírůstek

overtagelsesuppleringtiltrædelsetilvæksttronbestigelse

Neuzugang Thronbesteigung

ανάρρηση

accesión adhesión adición adquisición ascensión

ühinemine

acquisition avènement butin développement entrée

trónra lépés

aukning, viîbæturembættis-/ríkistaka

accessione ascesa assunzione del potere incremento

įžengimaspapildymaspasipildymas

kāpšana tronīpapildinājumspieaugums

overtakelse tiltredelse tilvekst

nastúpenie

alınan/katılan şeylertahta çıkma

即位添加

accession

[ækˈseʃən] N (frm)

1. (= elevation) (to office, post) → entrada f en posesión (to de) [of king, queen] → subida f, ascenso m (to the throne al trono) accession to power → subida f or ascenso m al poder

2. (= consent) (to treaty) → accesión f, adherencia f (to a)

3. (= entry, admission) → entrada f (to en)

4. (= increase) → aumento

5. (in library, museum) (= acquisition) → (nueva) adquisición f

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accession

[ækˈsɛʃ^ən] n

(as ruler) → accession f; [king, queen] → avènement m
accession to the throne → accession au trône
accession to power → accession au pouvoir

[country, region] (to treaty) → adhésion f; (to country, organization) → adhésion f

(= addition) (to library, collection) → acquisition f

accession

(to an office) → Antritt m (→ to +gen); (also accession to the throne) → Thronbesteigung f; (to estate, power) → Übernahme f (→ to +gen); since his accession to power → seit seiner Machtübernahme

(= consent: to treaty, demand) → Zustimmung f → (to zu), Annahme f (→ to +gen)

(= addition) (to property) → Zukauf m; (to library) → (Neu)anschaffung f; a sudden accession of strength (liter) → eine plötzliche Anwandlung von Kraft

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accession

[ækˈsɛʃ/ən] n (addition) → aggiunta; (to library) → accessione f, acquisto; (of king) → ascesa or salita al trono

accession

(əkˈseʃən) noun

1. a coming to the position of king or queen. in the year of the Queen's accession (to the throne).

2. an addition. There are several new accessions to the library.

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The circumstance which chiefly availed was the marriage of his daughter with a man of fortune and consequence, which took place in the course of the summer -- an accession of dignity that threw him into a fit of good humour, from which he did not recover till after Eleanor had obtained his forgiveness of Henry, and his permission for him "to be a fool if he liked it!"

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"My public servants have been fools and rogues from the date of your accession to power," replied the State; "my legislative bodies, both State and municipal, are bands of thieves; my taxes are insupportable; my courts are corrupt; my cities are a disgrace to civilisation; my corporations have their hands at the throats of every private interest - all my affairs are in disorder and criminal confusion."

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For the time being there is an actual accession of strength.

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Hence those who use fire as an aid to the attack show intelligence; those who use water as an aid to the attack gain an accession of strength.

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There are other obvious reasons that would facilitate her accession to it.

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Gall observed that insane persons underwent an accession of their disorder twice in every month, at the epochs of new and full moon.

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The new king had been more than a year upon the throne before his accession was proclaimed in Boston, although the neglect to perform the ceremony might have subjected the rulers to the charge of treason.

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Hence, a committee has been organized under the presidency of the Regent of Saxe-Cogurg-Gotha; my friend Petermann is its secretary; a national subscription has provided for the expense of the expedition, whose strength has been increased by the voluntary accession of several learned men, and M.

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Then the bands played their most stirring music while Glinda's army marched into the city, and heralds proclaimed the conquest of the audacious Jinjur and the accession of the beautiful Princess Ozma to the throne of her royal ancestors.

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Suffice it to say, that I believe the applications for loans, gifts, and offices of profit that I have been requested to forward to the originals of the BROTHERS CHEERYBLE (with whom I never interchanged any communication in my life) would have exhausted the combined patronage of all the Lord Chancellors since the accession of the House of Brunswick, and would have broken the Rest of the Bank of England.

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Shortly after the accession of King James, Jonson, Chapman, and Marston brought out a comedy, 'Eastward Hoe,' in which they offended the king by satirical flings at the needy Scotsmen to whom James was freely awarding Court positions.

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She, therefore, felt an immediate accession of confidence, when she found that he was, like herself, awaiting the next boat.