Definition:
- (n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
- (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
- (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.
- (n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
- (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.
- (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Compare accession with other words:
accession vs. accessories
accension vs. accession
abolishment vs. accession
accession vs. induction
accession vs. alluvion
accession vs. regnal
accession vs. content
accession vs. ascension
accession vs. accessory
accession vs. recession
accession vs. acquisition
accession vs. interregnum
accession vs. group
accession vs. accretion
accession vs. collection
accession vs. record
accession vs. corporeal
access vs. accession
accession vs. accessorial
accession vs. accessional