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Definition of Accession
1. Noun. A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group). "The art collection grew through accession"
2. Verb. Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.
3. Noun. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement.
4. Noun. Something added to what you already have. "He was a new addition to the staff"
5. Noun. Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly). "Assenting to the Congressional determination"
6. Noun. The right to enter.
Generic synonyms: Right
Specialized synonyms: Door
Derivative terms: Admit
7. Noun. The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne). "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
Definition of Accession
1. n. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
Definition of Accession
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Accession
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1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. "The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain." (Gibbon)
3. A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labour, 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. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
4. 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.
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