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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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