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accede
1 accede accedes acceding acceded
If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask. (FORMAL)
The Prime Minister would have to accede to any request by the opposition to recall parliament.
I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.
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2 accede accedes acceding acceded
When a member of a royal family accedes to the throne, they become king or queen. (FORMAL)
...when Henry VIII acceded to the throne.
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