noun
- A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group. )
- usage: "the art collection grew through accession"
- Civil law. ( the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement)
- Something added to what you already have.
- usage: "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
- synonyms: addition
- Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly. )
- usage: "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
- synonyms: assenting
- The right to enter.
- synonyms: entree, access, admission, admittance
- The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne. )
- usage: "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
- synonyms: rise to power
verb
- Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library. .
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