2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accession \Ac*ces"sion\, n. [L. accessio, fr accedere: cf F.
accession. See {Accede}.]
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. (Law)
a 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.
b The act by which one power becomes party to
engagements already in force between other powers.
--Kent.
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.
5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a
disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accession
n 1: agreeing with "assenting to the Congressional
determination" [syn: {assenting}]
2: the act of entering upon or attaining to a position or right
3: the act of attaining a new office or right [syn: {rise to
power}]
4: something added to what you have already; "the librarian
shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the
staff" [syn: {addition}]
v : make a record of additions to a collection, such as a
library
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