"accession" Definition

Definitions for the word "accession" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 taking office, esp. As monarch. 2 thing added. v. Record the addition of (a new item) to a library etc.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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