accessionn.

Brit.

/əkˈsɛʃn/,

/akˈsɛʃn/, U.S.

/əkˈsɛʃ(ə)n/,

/ækˈsɛʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accession; Latin accēssiōn-, accēssiō.

Etymology: < Middle French accession (French accession ) attack of an illness, paroxysm (12th cent. in Old French), addition, supplement, acquisition (all 14th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin accēssiōn-, accēssiō action of coming near, approach, (of disease) attack, onset, addition, increase, appendage, accessory, appurtenance < accēss- , past participial stem of accēdere accede v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.With the later sense development compare French accession action of arriving somewhere (1611 in Cotgrave), attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power (17th cent.), action of joining an already existing alliance, arrangement, etc. (1743), action of subscribing to or acceding to something (a1755), addition of people or things to complete a group (a1788).

I. Senses relating to joining or addition.

a. Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase

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1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 119^v The Nestorian sayde the godhed was an accession to Christ afterward by merite.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. ix. 48 The forme of this Commission hath varied with the time, and receiued sundrie accessions.

1642 J. Reading Serm. at Maiston 8 In fault are they, who being seduced, become an accession to a tumultuous, seperating or offending party.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 126 Egypt became an Accession to the Kingdom of Ethiopia.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alluvion, an accession or accretion along the sea-shore, or the banks of large rivers by tempests or inundations.

1778 S. Johnson Let. 31 Oct. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 276 Mr. Banks desires to be admitted [to the club]; he will be a very honourable accession.

1813 Missouri Gaz. (St. Louis) 15 May 1/2 We procured from these people an accession of forty horses.

1881 C. M. Newell Kalani of Oahu viii. 121 The new levies of Oahu's army lay roasting their bread-fruit as an accession to the usual evening meal of poi and lawaia.

1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War i. 13 He rested a few days upon his laurels, obtaining accessions to his force from the ranks of the Wairoa natives.

2009 J. M. Abowd et al. in T. Dunne et al. Producer Dynamics v. 213 Full-quarter new hires are accessions to full-quarter status who were also new hires in the preceding quarter.

b. An addition to the collection of a library, museum, etc.; an acquisition.

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1763 Pref. & Index to Harleian Coll. 4 He..spent the Remainder of his Days in an unwearied Application to the gaining further Accessions to his Library.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. Pref. p. xi This volume..is a very convenient accession to any scholar's library.

1861 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 107 Among the accessions to the Library and Map Rooms since the former meeting were—..Landsberg's Map of Queensland, Australia.

1909 Mus. Fine Arts Bull. 7 54/2 A recent accession of special note is a large Rhages lustre bowl of the twelfth to the fourteenth century.

1988 Oxf. Today 1 39/3 The new automated Bodleian catalogue..will concentrate on current accessions.

2008 M. Gupta Arch. & Rec. Managem. vi. 81 He will find it easier to place new accessions where there is space for them than where they belong from an organic point of view.

a. The action or an act of joining something to something else; addition; augmentation. Also: the joining of a person to a group of others.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together

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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. x. 1616/2 The accession or comming of the holy Ghost vnto the flesh of Christ.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 6) 143 Necessary therefore is the accession of Pietie to Patience.

1675 R. Barclay Apol. Quakers xiv. §4. 498 The Church can be no ways bettered by the Accession of Hypocrites.

1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected (ed. 5) I. vi. 299 Eusebes received great accession to his strength by marrying Selene.

1776 A. Bicknell Hist. Edward Prince of Wales 241 These, by the accession of numbers who were reduced to misery and despair from the devastations of war, amounted in the whole to near forty thousand.

1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 1239 It is not a change of their own physical substances, but an accession to it.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 356 England had gained greatly by the accession of the valiant Thurkhill.

1928 Times 21 May 10/5 There had been a great accession of strength..to the trade union movement as a whole as a result of the recruitment campaign.

1996 V. K. Bawa in A. R. Kulkarni et al. Mediaeval Deccan Hist. xix. 260 The English and the Marathas, the other victors, also benefited by the accession of territory.

b. The joining of a nation or state to an economic and political union or organization; an instance of this.

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1704 R. Sault tr. A. Strauch Breviarium Chronologicum (ed. 2) App. i. 422 By the gradual accession of the other Cantons of Switzerland, the whole Confederacy was declared a Republick.

1781 A. Hamilton Let. 7 Feb. in Papers (1961) II. 554 The accession of Maryland to the confederacy will be a happy event.

1832 Westm. Rev. July 169 Washington and Hamilton..provided for the accession of new states as they arose.

1882 A. Mackenzie Life & Speeches G. Brown xx. 119 Mr. Brown..was..much pleased at the prospect of British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland joining the confederate provinces, and he worked hard..to promote their accession to the union.

1948 Observer 18 Apr. 4/6 The Paris conference of the 16—now, with the accession of the Western zones of Germany, 17—Marshall nations has made history.

1994 K. Perry Business & European Community i. 12 The 1980s saw the accession of three states to full membership—Greece in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986.

2003 New Internationalist Jan. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 5/1 This hunger for new, special economic deals followed immediately after China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001.

a. The action or an act of acceding or agreeing to a decision, plan, proceeding, etc.; adherence, assent.

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the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun]

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a1617 Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 65 The King repented himself of his accession to that affair.

1649 Declar. Parl. Eng. in Answer to Lett. from Commissioners Scotl. 34 They doe all unanimously..disclaime the least knowlege of, or accession to the late proceedings of the Army here.

1744 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 678/2 The grand duke's accession to the treaty of Franckfort..has..been artfully evaded.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 283 Declaring their acquiessence in, and accession to the determination made by Congress.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 251 The Prince had no accession to this second aggression upon the citizens of Perth.

1862 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 15 July 893 The Primate of Ireland gave his accession to the board.

1914 C. H. Stockton Outl. Internat. Law xiii. 248 A..state can, without accession to the entire treaty, announce its adhesion to such parts or principles of the treaty as it desires to adhere to.

1947 R. A. Smith Divided India ix. 208 It was presumed that they would give accession to the federation as the paramount power.

2008 Computer Weekly 17 June 8/2 The government's accession to public calls for a national e-crime unit has been widely welcomed.

b. deed of accession n. Scots Law (now disused) a deed drawn up by the creditors of a bankrupt person, by which they accept an arrangement made by him or her for settling his or her debts.

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1761 Replies for William Wilson 4 More than three Fourths of the Creditors have acceded, either by signing the Deed of Accession, as it is called, or by assigning their Debts to the common Trustee.

1836 Cases Court of Session 14 387 This arrangement with the bank..fixes the true meaning of the contract entered into by the deed of accession, and leaves the trust-fund alone answerable for all the advances.

1873 Times 1 Nov. 11/4 Mr. Mason, among other shareholders, executed a deed of accession to this arrangement on the 2d of December 1865.

1911 Cornell Civil Engin. Mar. 188 Such purchaser shall execute a proper deed of accession binding him to observe the stipulations and conditions contained in these presents.

4. Law. A method of acquiring property whereby a property owner is entitled to that which his property produces, or to that which is naturally or artificially added to or incorporated with it. Also: addition to property in this manner.

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1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 64 There is another Species of accession which is providentially naturall and is made by the cooperation of divine and humane nature from whence a property is acquired.

1704 Hist. Wks. Learned Nov. 678 Rights are acquired, either by Occupancy..or by Accession (under which are comprehended all the Changes made in Property, either by natural Causes, or by the Art and Design of Man, or by a Mixture of both).

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 404 The doctrine of property arising from accession is also grounded on the right of occupancy.

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) Artificial accession is that addition which is the result of human industry, called likewise industrial accession, as trees planted, or a house built on the property of another, which belongs to the proprietor of the ground, and not to the planter or builder.

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1869) II. liv. 904 The acquisition of ‘jus in rem’ by accession..as land washed away and joined to one's own land, or the fruits of one's own land.

1900 J. G. Hawley & M. McGregor Treat. Law Real Prop. i. i. 12 Water being congealed and attached to the soil, is like any other natural accession to realty and must be considered a part thereof.

2001 F. W. Galaty et al. Mod. Real Estate Pract. in Illinois (ed. 4) ii. 17 In commercial real estate if trade fixtures (personal property) are left unremoved, they become real property belonging to the lessor by accession.

5. Roman Catholic Church. A supplementary round of voting in a papal election; = accessit n. 1. Now historical.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > method of electing > secondary vote

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1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 248 Cardinal Bertone and San Sisto to hinder the accession, rose up, and pretended to go to the House of Office.

1730 Hist. Reg. No. 60. 245 We shall now proceed to shew the several Ways of Election, which are these three. 1. By Adoration... 2. By the Scrutiny... 3. By Accession.

1847 Christian Treasury 225/2 If there be not two-thirds of the votes for any one, they proceed immediately to a second vote by accession.

1876 T. A. Trollope Papal Conclaves vi. 155 The Conclave was a very short and uneventful one, the Venetian Pietro Barbo..having been elected, as Paul II., almost without opposition, by accession, after the first scrutiny.

1907 D. Sladen Secrets of Vatican i. iv. 79 Radical changes were made at the Conclave that resulted in the election of Pius X... The chief difference was that the Vote of Accession was abolished.

2003 F. J. Baumgartner Behind Locked Doors 82 When the cardinals turned their attention to the balloting, they decided to eliminate the process of accession.

II. A coming on or attack of illness, emotion, etc.

6. Medicine. = access n. 1. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > bout or attack of

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1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 124 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Feuers (sayeth Galen) that haue one only accession or fitte, continuyng from the beginnynge to the ende, and that many daies.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 290 The same [sc. the brain of a hare] sod and eaten helpeth tremblings which hapeneth in the accessions of sicknesse, such as one is in the cold shaking fit of an Ague.

1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 83 Pils that change Thy sick Accessions into setled health.

1658 in J. Raymond Making News (1993) iv. 200 The Physitians judged there remained yet some vapors and humors which might occasion such Accessions and Accidents, as seemed to indicate a Maligne Fever.

1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths 31 in J. Floyer Ψυχρολουσια (rev. ed.) ii A Youth aged about Twenty Years, long troubled with a stubborn Quartan Ague; after many Medicines tried in vain, went into the Cold Water just upon the Accession of the Fit.

1773 J. Fawcett Let. 30 May in Acct. Life (1818) 182 On Friday..evening, he had a great accession of fever.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 385/2 The cephalalgia periodica also bears some resemblance to the muscular or simply rheumatic headach; from which, however, it may generally be distinguished by the greater regularity of its accessions.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 154 In the accession of fever increased metabolism precedes rise of temperature.

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 157 75 While accessions of pain are sometimes found to have a rhythmic character, often one finds that the story of pain is continuous.

7. The onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state. Cf. access n. 2.In quot. 1771: an episode of inspiration by the Holy Spirit.

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the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion

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?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. i. 227 The passions are..but the furious reboundings, accessions and recessions of follie.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 40 Some of our family have had very uncommon accessions..[and] sometimes speak as if they were really inspired.

1790 Ann. Reg. 1788 Hist. Europe 78 At eight o'clock the battle was renewed with apparently a fresh accession of rage on both sides.

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 54 Those accessions of folly to which men are sometimes subject.

1865 W. G. Wills D. Chantrey III. xxxii. 140 She shall have the toodling and the cooing and a sequestered spot, and be spared these foolish accessions of nerves.

1914 M. M. Fenollosa Ariadne of Allan Water iii. i. 301 ‘Curse you!’ he cried, the accession of anger giving him a momentary courage.

1991 E. Goodheart Desire & its Discontents iv. 85 Character disappears when behavior is at the mercy of the unsuspected motive, the stray impulse, the sudden accession of passion.

III. Senses relating to approach or arrival.

8. The action of entering into something or somewhere; coming into contact with something or †into the presence of someone; admission; admittance. Also: an instance of any of these. Chiefly in scientific contexts. Cf. access n. 4.In quot. 1652 figurative: approach in nature or character.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > power, right, or opportunity of entrance

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with

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1608 W. Cowper Triumph of Christian ii. vii. 42 A Riuer which is smallest at the beginning, increaseth as it proceeds by the accession of other waters into it.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 160 The rationall creatures are the more noble in themselves, and of more neer accession to the divine similitude.

1655 tr. Mary Queen of Scots Let. in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 100 There is moreover granted leave of accession unto him.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 19 Now there may be many things in Nature unto which we can have neither of these accessions of Sense.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 144 For want of Accession of the Sun.

1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 338 The changes of colour are accelerated..by the accession of oxygen either immediately from the acid, or from the atmosphere.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 395 Two of the oxides of lead may be formed by heat, with accession of air.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 312 It might be supposed..that the accession of solar light would be accompanied by increase of temperature.

1906 N. Armstrong Nuggets of Experience xv. 169 The doors and windows of the lower story were kept open for the free accession of the water.

1997 W. S. Pitcher Nature & Orig. Granite (ed. 2) 147 At a point so near to the bulk melting of either component fairly small accessions of heat could temporarily halt or even reverse the crystallization trend.

9. The attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power, esp. that of monarch. Also in extended use.

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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun]

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1611 G. Downame Def. Serm. Consecr. Bishop of Bath iii. i. 13 Neither was their [sc. the Bishops'] superiority and authority increased by the accession of the Christian Magistrate.

1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 11 King James..found it, at his first accession to the Crown of England, in this deplorable estate.

1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 27 Bernard, King of Italy,..it was fear'd, might interrupt the quiet Accession of his Uncle Lewis to the Throne.

1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 4 The only good minister..since his majesty's accession, is the earl of Bute.

1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. 572 In the Oceanic countries a singular custom prevails: the princes, on their accession to the throne, change several words of the national language.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 232 Hugh, on his accession to manhood, did homage to the King.

1909 F. Schevill Siena xiv. 395 The family of Pius,..at the time of Pius's accession to the chair of Saint Peter, had been excluded from the signiory for almost two hundred years.

1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. ii. iv. 157 The accession of Henry II began one of the most pregnant and decisive reigns in English history.

2004 Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Features section) 24 Juliana's accession in 1948 came after a period when she had already acted as Princess Regent during her mother's ill health.

†10. The action of coming to or towards by forward or onward motion; advance; arrival. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun]

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1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica i. i. 24 Should steddy Spring exclude Summers accession?

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 57 Not varying at all by the accession of bodyes upon, or secession thereof, from its surface.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 19 He first found out the accession of the Sun from Tropick to Tropick.

1739 A. Stuart Three Lect. Muscular Motion ii. p. xxviii The diameter of the drop would increase proportionally, as the length of the cylinder in its descent or accession towards the centre of the drop decreased.

1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) iii. 123 The sailors view this refuge left behind; Happy to bribe, with India's richest ore, A safe accession to that barren shore.

1828 Franklin Jrnl. Oct. 269 The straps, and rigid curves..have a constant tendency to preserve each successive accession towards a straight spinal column.

1870 C. Wordsworth in Holy Bible with Notes (ed. 2) VI. ii. (Zech. viii) 134/2 It [sc. the prophecy] received a great accession towards its accomplishment after the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 1b).

a. With the first element in singular form, as accession book, accession number, etc.

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1836 E. Edwards Minutes Evid. Sel. Comm. Brit. Mus. 59 Then the book is entered with its full title in the ‘accession catalogue’.

1876 W. F. Poole in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. I (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) i. 489 Every work entered has its accession number.

1877 Libr. Jrnl. May 316/1 The accession-book properly kept up is the librarian's official indicator for his whole collection.

1900 Library 1 Mar. 154 The books are stamped with an ‘accession stamp’ on the back of the title-page.

1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 2/1 The accession number also serves to link the book with the catalogue (or shelf register) and the charging system, and distinguishes between copies of a book when there is more than one.

1987 B. Weisman in E. Mount Preserv. & Conservation of Sci-tech Materials 74 At a time when many of us are no longer using accession books, this project was made much easier because of our written accession records.

2001 Oxoniensia 65 440 The archive has been deposited with the Ashmolean Museum under accession number 1995.46.

b. With the first element in plural form, as accessions book, accessions list, etc.

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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > accessions book

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1856 Fourth Ann. Rep. Trustees Public Libr. Boston 7 The accessions catalogue..is, the list of books daily added to the library in the order in which they are received.

1862 Rules & Regulations Govt. of Libr. in Peabody Inst. (1868) 72 Books donated or bequeathed, shall be entered in the Accessions' Book in red ink.

1881 Academy 16 Apr. 280/3 The accessions list of what we may call the greatest library in the world.

1882 L.P. Access. Lists (Bodl.) b. 5 Accessions-List 3 Chief older works.

1926 University State N.Y. Bull. 15 Nov. 22 The accessions file grows gradually.

1989 H. M. Shuster in Automated Acquisitions 241 Could an accessions list be printed from the database?

1997 J. Heimann Most Offending Soul Alive 357 New acquisitions were entered into the latest volume of a series of leather-bound accessions books.

C2. General attributive (in sense 2b), as accession state, accession treaty, etc.

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1757 Scots Mag. 19 App. 697/1 The 7th article and the 3d secret article, also the 2d article of the accession-act of the States-General. Feb. 20. 1732, are particularly to be taken notice of.

1819 Caledonian Mercury 26 June The accession treaty would soon be laid on the table of the House.

1882 Manch. Guardian 28 Apr. 6/6 Under the Accession Treaty the Prince enjoys the entire proceeds of the domains, instead of any sum from the Civil List, as his public income.

1921 Iron Age 14 Apr. 997/1 The activity of the company will..not be confined to the accession states, but will also be directed towards the purchase of, and participation in, concerns of the Austrian iron working industry.

1973 E. E. Bergsten Community Law in French Courts i. 4 As part of the accession process the Treaties creating the European Economic Community..were drawn up in Danish, Irish, Norwegian and English.

2004 Politics Oct. 15/2 Turkey will know in December if the EU thinks the country is ready for accession talks.

C3.

accession day n. (frequently with capital initials) an anniversary of the day on which a monarch ascended to the throne; (now also) a day on which a monarch ascends to the throne.

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1709 O. Blackall Lord Bishop of Exeter's Answer to Mr. Hoadly's Let. 2 I shall still..be as ready as ever I was, whenever a proper Opportunity offers, especially on an Accession Day, or a 30th of January..to Preach these Doctrines.

1809 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 381/1 Tho' fifty annual suns have spent their rays, Still may they shine on these accession-days.

1900 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. 19/3 On the Queen's Accession Day the Royal Naval and Military bazaar will be held at Olympia.

2010 Fraser Coast (Queensland) Chron. (Nexis) 11 Dec. 39 The tower was inaugurated on January 4, 2010, to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Accession Day of His Highness..as the Ruler of Dubai.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accession
释义	accessionn. Brit. /əkˈsɛʃn/, /akˈsɛʃn/, U.S. /əkˈsɛʃ(ə)n/, /ækˈsɛʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accession; Latin accēssiōn-, accēssiō. Etymology: < Middle French accession (French accession ) attack of an illness, paroxysm (12th cent. in Old French), addition, supplement, acquisition (all 14th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin accēssiōn-, accēssiō action of coming near, approach, (of disease) attack, onset, addition, increase, appendage, accessory, appurtenance < accēss- , past participial stem of accēdere accede v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.With the later sense development compare French accession action of arriving somewhere (1611 in Cotgrave), attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power (17th cent.), action of joining an already existing alliance, arrangement, etc. (1743), action of subscribing to or acceding to something (a1755), addition of people or things to complete a group (a1788). I. Senses relating to joining or addition. 1. a. Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase eke894 increasec1384 eking1393 augmentationc1452 superexcrescence1479 access1548 accrue1548 accession1551 increasement1561 ekementa1603 afflux1603 accruement1607 increment1631 rise1654 plusa1721 raise1729 swell1768 gain1851 step-up1922 upcurve1928 build-up1943 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 119^v The Nestorian sayde the godhed was an accession to Christ afterward by merite. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. ix. 48 The forme of this Commission hath varied with the time, and receiued sundrie accessions. 1642 J. Reading Serm. at Maiston 8 In fault are they, who being seduced, become an accession to a tumultuous, seperating or offending party. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 126 Egypt became an Accession to the Kingdom of Ethiopia. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alluvion, an accession or accretion along the sea-shore, or the banks of large rivers by tempests or inundations. 1778 S. Johnson Let. 31 Oct. in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1791) II. 276 Mr. Banks desires to be admitted [to the club]; he will be a very honourable accession. 1813 Missouri Gaz. (St. Louis) 15 May 1/2 We procured from these people an accession of forty horses. 1881 C. M. Newell Kalani of Oahu viii. 121 The new levies of Oahu's army lay roasting their bread-fruit as an accession to the usual evening meal of poi and lawaia. 1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War i. 13 He rested a few days upon his laurels, obtaining accessions to his force from the ranks of the Wairoa natives. 2009 J. M. Abowd et al. in T. Dunne et al. Producer Dynamics v. 213 Full-quarter new hires are accessions to full-quarter status who were also new hires in the preceding quarter. b. An addition to the collection of a library, museum, etc.; an acquisition. ΚΠ 1763 Pref. & Index to Harleian Coll. 4 He..spent the Remainder of his Days in an unwearied Application to the gaining further Accessions to his Library. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. Pref. p. xi This volume..is a very convenient accession to any scholar's library. 1861 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 107 Among the accessions to the Library and Map Rooms since the former meeting were—..Landsberg's Map of Queensland, Australia. 1909 Mus. Fine Arts Bull. 7 54/2 A recent accession of special note is a large Rhages lustre bowl of the twelfth to the fourteenth century. 1988 Oxf. Today 1 39/3 The new automated Bodleian catalogue..will concentrate on current accessions. 2008 M. Gupta Arch. & Rec. Managem. vi. 81 He will find it easier to place new accessions where there is space for them than where they belong from an organic point of view. 2. a. The action or an act of joining something to something else; addition; augmentation. Also: the joining of a person to a group of others. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together conjoiningc1386 joining1398 knittinga1420 accession1570 joindera1616 assemblage1728 annexation1765 association1775 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. x. 1616/2 The accession or comming of the holy Ghost vnto the flesh of Christ. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 6) 143 Necessary therefore is the accession of Pietie to Patience. 1675 R. Barclay Apol. Quakers xiv. §4. 498 The Church can be no ways bettered by the Accession of Hypocrites. 1718 H. Prideaux Old & New Test. Connected (ed. 5) I. vi. 299 Eusebes received great accession to his strength by marrying Selene. 1776 A. Bicknell Hist. Edward Prince of Wales 241 These, by the accession of numbers who were reduced to misery and despair from the devastations of war, amounted in the whole to near forty thousand. 1855 E. B. Pusey Doctr. Real Presence 1239 It is not a change of their own physical substances, but an accession to it. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 356 England had gained greatly by the accession of the valiant Thurkhill. 1928 Times 21 May 10/5 There had been a great accession of strength..to the trade union movement as a whole as a result of the recruitment campaign. 1996 V. K. Bawa in A. R. Kulkarni et al. Mediaeval Deccan Hist. xix. 260 The English and the Marathas, the other victors, also benefited by the accession of territory. b. The joining of a nation or state to an economic and political union or organization; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1704 R. Sault tr. A. Strauch Breviarium Chronologicum (ed. 2) App. i. 422 By the gradual accession of the other Cantons of Switzerland, the whole Confederacy was declared a Republick. 1781 A. Hamilton Let. 7 Feb. in Papers (1961) II. 554 The accession of Maryland to the confederacy will be a happy event. 1832 Westm. Rev. July 169 Washington and Hamilton..provided for the accession of new states as they arose. 1882 A. Mackenzie Life & Speeches G. Brown xx. 119 Mr. Brown..was..much pleased at the prospect of British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland joining the confederate provinces, and he worked hard..to promote their accession to the union. 1948 Observer 18 Apr. 4/6 The Paris conference of the 16—now, with the accession of the Western zones of Germany, 17—Marshall nations has made history. 1994 K. Perry Business & European Community i. 12 The 1980s saw the accession of three states to full membership—Greece in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986. 2003 New Internationalist Jan. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 5/1 This hunger for new, special economic deals followed immediately after China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001. 3. a. The action or an act of acceding or agreeing to a decision, plan, proceeding, etc.; adherence, assent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] ensent1297 senta1375 accorda1393 assent?c1550 belief1566 subscription1580 accessiona1617 condescent1633 condescension1648 accessariness1654 homologation1656 assention1660 unity1760 assentment1818 a1617 Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 65 The King repented himself of his accession to that affair. 1649 Declar. Parl. Eng. in Answer to Lett. from Commissioners Scotl. 34 They doe all unanimously..disclaime the least knowlege of, or accession to the late proceedings of the Army here. 1744 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 678/2 The grand duke's accession to the treaty of Franckfort..has..been artfully evaded. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 283 Declaring their acquiessence in, and accession to the determination made by Congress. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 251 The Prince had no accession to this second aggression upon the citizens of Perth. 1862 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 15 July 893 The Primate of Ireland gave his accession to the board. 1914 C. H. Stockton Outl. Internat. Law xiii. 248 A..state can, without accession to the entire treaty, announce its adhesion to such parts or principles of the treaty as it desires to adhere to. 1947 R. A. Smith Divided India ix. 208 It was presumed that they would give accession to the federation as the paramount power. 2008 Computer Weekly 17 June 8/2 The government's accession to public calls for a national e-crime unit has been widely welcomed. b. deed of accession n. Scots Law (now disused) a deed drawn up by the creditors of a bankrupt person, by which they accept an arrangement made by him or her for settling his or her debts. ΚΠ 1761 Replies for William Wilson 4 More than three Fourths of the Creditors have acceded, either by signing the Deed of Accession, as it is called, or by assigning their Debts to the common Trustee. 1836 Cases Court of Session 14 387 This arrangement with the bank..fixes the true meaning of the contract entered into by the deed of accession, and leaves the trust-fund alone answerable for all the advances. 1873 Times 1 Nov. 11/4 Mr. Mason, among other shareholders, executed a deed of accession to this arrangement on the 2d of December 1865. 1911 Cornell Civil Engin. Mar. 188 Such purchaser shall execute a proper deed of accession binding him to observe the stipulations and conditions contained in these presents. 4. Law. A method of acquiring property whereby a property owner is entitled to that which his property produces, or to that which is naturally or artificially added to or incorporated with it. Also: addition to property in this manner. ΚΠ 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 64 There is another Species of accession which is providentially naturall and is made by the cooperation of divine and humane nature from whence a property is acquired. 1704 Hist. Wks. Learned Nov. 678 Rights are acquired, either by Occupancy..or by Accession (under which are comprehended all the Changes made in Property, either by natural Causes, or by the Art and Design of Man, or by a Mixture of both). 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 404 The doctrine of property arising from accession is also grounded on the right of occupancy. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) Artificial accession is that addition which is the result of human industry, called likewise industrial accession, as trees planted, or a house built on the property of another, which belongs to the proprietor of the ground, and not to the planter or builder. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1869) II. liv. 904 The acquisition of ‘jus in rem’ by accession..as land washed away and joined to one's own land, or the fruits of one's own land. 1900 J. G. Hawley & M. McGregor Treat. Law Real Prop. i. i. 12 Water being congealed and attached to the soil, is like any other natural accession to realty and must be considered a part thereof. 2001 F. W. Galaty et al. Mod. Real Estate Pract. in Illinois (ed. 4) ii. 17 In commercial real estate if trade fixtures (personal property) are left unremoved, they become real property belonging to the lessor by accession. 5. Roman Catholic Church. A supplementary round of voting in a papal election; = accessit n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [noun] > method of electing > secondary vote accession1670 accessit1723 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 248 Cardinal Bertone and San Sisto to hinder the accession, rose up, and pretended to go to the House of Office. 1730 Hist. Reg. No. 60. 245 We shall now proceed to shew the several Ways of Election, which are these three. 1. By Adoration... 2. By the Scrutiny... 3. By Accession. 1847 Christian Treasury 225/2 If there be not two-thirds of the votes for any one, they proceed immediately to a second vote by accession. 1876 T. A. Trollope Papal Conclaves vi. 155 The Conclave was a very short and uneventful one, the Venetian Pietro Barbo..having been elected, as Paul II., almost without opposition, by accession, after the first scrutiny. 1907 D. Sladen Secrets of Vatican i. iv. 79 Radical changes were made at the Conclave that resulted in the election of Pius X... The chief difference was that the Vote of Accession was abolished. 2003 F. J. Baumgartner Behind Locked Doors 82 When the cardinals turned their attention to the balloting, they decided to eliminate the process of accession. II. A coming on or attack of illness, emotion, etc. 6. Medicine. = access n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > bout or attack of onfalleOE cothec1000 bitc1175 accessc1300 attacha1400 shota1400 swalma1400 storm1540 excess?1541 accession1565 qualm1565 oncome1570 grasha1610 attachment1625 ingruence1635 turn1653 attack1665 fit1667 surprise1670 drow1727 tossa1732 irruption1732 sick1808 tout1808 whither1808 spell1856 go1867 whip1891 1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 124 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Feuers (sayeth Galen) that haue one only accession or fitte, continuyng from the beginnynge to the ende, and that many daies. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 290 The same [sc. the brain of a hare] sod and eaten helpeth tremblings which hapeneth in the accessions of sicknesse, such as one is in the cold shaking fit of an Ague. 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 83 Pils that change Thy sick Accessions into setled health. 1658 in J. Raymond Making News (1993) iv. 200 The Physitians judged there remained yet some vapors and humors which might occasion such Accessions and Accidents, as seemed to indicate a Maligne Fever. 1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths 31 in J. Floyer Ψυχρολουσια (rev. ed.) ii A Youth aged about Twenty Years, long troubled with a stubborn Quartan Ague; after many Medicines tried in vain, went into the Cold Water just upon the Accession of the Fit. 1773 J. Fawcett Let. 30 May in Acct. Life (1818) 182 On Friday..evening, he had a great accession of fever. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 385/2 The cephalalgia periodica also bears some resemblance to the muscular or simply rheumatic headach; from which, however, it may generally be distinguished by the greater regularity of its accessions. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 154 In the accession of fever increased metabolism precedes rise of temperature. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 157 75 While accessions of pain are sometimes found to have a rhythmic character, often one finds that the story of pain is continuous. 7. The onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state. Cf. access n. 2.In quot. 1771: an episode of inspiration by the Holy Spirit. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion heatc1200 gerec1369 accessc1384 braida1450 guerie1542 bursting1552 ruff1567 riot1575 suddentyc1575 pathaire1592 flaw1596 blaze1597 start1598 passion1599 firework1601 storm1602 estuation1605 gare1606 accession?1608 vehemency1612 boutade1614 flush1614 escapea1616 egression1651 ebullition1655 ebulliency1667 flushinga1680 ecstasy1695 gusta1704 gush1720 vehemence1741 burst1751 overboiling1767 explosion1769 outflaming1836 passion fit1842 outfly1877 Vesuvius1886 outflame1889 ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome ii. i. 227 The passions are..but the furious reboundings, accessions and recessions of follie. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 40 Some of our family have had very uncommon accessions..[and] sometimes speak as if they were really inspired. 1790 Ann. Reg. 1788 Hist. Europe 78 At eight o'clock the battle was renewed with apparently a fresh accession of rage on both sides. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 54 Those accessions of folly to which men are sometimes subject. 1865 W. G. Wills D. Chantrey III. xxxii. 140 She shall have the toodling and the cooing and a sequestered spot, and be spared these foolish accessions of nerves. 1914 M. M. Fenollosa Ariadne of Allan Water iii. i. 301 ‘Curse you!’ he cried, the accession of anger giving him a momentary courage. 1991 E. Goodheart Desire & its Discontents iv. 85 Character disappears when behavior is at the mercy of the unsuspected motive, the stray impulse, the sudden accession of passion. III. Senses relating to approach or arrival. 8. The action of entering into something or somewhere; coming into contact with something or †into the presence of someone; admission; admittance. Also: an instance of any of these. Chiefly in scientific contexts. Cf. access n. 4.In quot. 1652 figurative: approach in nature or character. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > power, right, or opportunity of entrance entryc1330 accessc1384 enteringc1436 entress1447 open door1526 entrance?1552 intercourse1598 open access1602 accession1608 entrée1746 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with access?a1425 accession1608 1608 W. Cowper Triumph of Christian ii. vii. 42 A Riuer which is smallest at the beginning, increaseth as it proceeds by the accession of other waters into it. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 160 The rationall creatures are the more noble in themselves, and of more neer accession to the divine similitude. 1655 tr. Mary Queen of Scots Let. in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 100 There is moreover granted leave of accession unto him. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 19 Now there may be many things in Nature unto which we can have neither of these accessions of Sense. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 144 For want of Accession of the Sun. 1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 338 The changes of colour are accelerated..by the accession of oxygen either immediately from the acid, or from the atmosphere. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 395 Two of the oxides of lead may be formed by heat, with accession of air. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxv. 312 It might be supposed..that the accession of solar light would be accompanied by increase of temperature. 1906 N. Armstrong Nuggets of Experience xv. 169 The doors and windows of the lower story were kept open for the free accession of the water. 1997 W. S. Pitcher Nature & Orig. Granite (ed. 2) 147 At a point so near to the bulk melting of either component fairly small accessions of heat could temporarily halt or even reverse the crystallization trend. 9. The attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power, esp. that of monarch. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] entress1389 entry1389 entrance1559 accession1611 access1631 assumption1642 1611 G. Downame Def. Serm. Consecr. Bishop of Bath iii. i. 13 Neither was their [sc. the Bishops'] superiority and authority increased by the accession of the Christian Magistrate. 1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 11 King James..found it, at his first accession to the Crown of England, in this deplorable estate. 1702 J. Savage Compl. Hist. Germany 27 Bernard, King of Italy,..it was fear'd, might interrupt the quiet Accession of his Uncle Lewis to the Throne. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 4 The only good minister..since his majesty's accession, is the earl of Bute. 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. 572 In the Oceanic countries a singular custom prevails: the princes, on their accession to the throne, change several words of the national language. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 232 Hugh, on his accession to manhood, did homage to the King. 1909 F. Schevill Siena xiv. 395 The family of Pius,..at the time of Pius's accession to the chair of Saint Peter, had been excluded from the signiory for almost two hundred years. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples I. ii. iv. 157 The accession of Henry II began one of the most pregnant and decisive reigns in English history. 2004 Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Features section) 24 Juliana's accession in 1948 came after a period when she had already acted as Princess Regent during her mother's ill health. †10. The action of coming to or towards by forward or onward motion; advance; arrival. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] comeOE comingc1300 upcomingc1330 visitinga1382 approachingc1386 approachment1544 approachc1555 access1577 avenue1639 accession1642 adition1727 oncoming1861 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] reaching1591 accession1642 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica i. i. 24 Should steddy Spring exclude Summers accession? 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 57 Not varying at all by the accession of bodyes upon, or secession thereof, from its surface. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 19 He first found out the accession of the Sun from Tropick to Tropick. 1739 A. Stuart Three Lect. Muscular Motion ii. p. xxviii The diameter of the drop would increase proportionally, as the length of the cylinder in its descent or accession towards the centre of the drop decreased. 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) iii. 123 The sailors view this refuge left behind; Happy to bribe, with India's richest ore, A safe accession to that barren shore. 1828 Franklin Jrnl. Oct. 269 The straps, and rigid curves..have a constant tendency to preserve each successive accession towards a straight spinal column. 1870 C. Wordsworth in Holy Bible with Notes (ed. 2) VI. ii. (Zech. viii) 134/2 It [sc. the prophecy] received a great accession towards its accomplishment after the Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1b). a. With the first element in singular form, as accession book, accession number, etc. ΚΠ 1836 E. Edwards Minutes Evid. Sel. Comm. Brit. Mus. 59 Then the book is entered with its full title in the ‘accession catalogue’. 1876 W. F. Poole in Public Libraries U.S.A.: Special Rep.: Pt. I (Dept. Interior, Bureau Educ.) i. 489 Every work entered has its accession number. 1877 Libr. Jrnl. May 316/1 The accession-book properly kept up is the librarian's official indicator for his whole collection. 1900 Library 1 Mar. 154 The books are stamped with an ‘accession stamp’ on the back of the title-page. 1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 2/1 The accession number also serves to link the book with the catalogue (or shelf register) and the charging system, and distinguishes between copies of a book when there is more than one. 1987 B. Weisman in E. Mount Preserv. & Conservation of Sci-tech Materials 74 At a time when many of us are no longer using accession books, this project was made much easier because of our written accession records. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 440 The archive has been deposited with the Ashmolean Museum under accession number 1995.46. b. With the first element in plural form, as accessions book, accessions list, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > accessions book accessions book1856 1856 Fourth Ann. Rep. Trustees Public Libr. Boston 7 The accessions catalogue..is, the list of books daily added to the library in the order in which they are received. 1862 Rules & Regulations Govt. of Libr. in Peabody Inst. (1868) 72 Books donated or bequeathed, shall be entered in the Accessions' Book in red ink. 1881 Academy 16 Apr. 280/3 The accessions list of what we may call the greatest library in the world. 1882 L.P. Access. Lists (Bodl.) b. 5 Accessions-List 3 Chief older works. 1926 University State N.Y. Bull. 15 Nov. 22 The accessions file grows gradually. 1989 H. M. Shuster in Automated Acquisitions 241 Could an accessions list be printed from the database? 1997 J. Heimann Most Offending Soul Alive 357 New acquisitions were entered into the latest volume of a series of leather-bound accessions books. C2. General attributive (in sense 2b), as accession state, accession treaty, etc. ΚΠ 1757 Scots Mag. 19 App. 697/1 The 7th article and the 3d secret article, also the 2d article of the accession-act of the States-General. Feb. 20. 1732, are particularly to be taken notice of. 1819 Caledonian Mercury 26 June The accession treaty would soon be laid on the table of the House. 1882 Manch. Guardian 28 Apr. 6/6 Under the Accession Treaty the Prince enjoys the entire proceeds of the domains, instead of any sum from the Civil List, as his public income. 1921 Iron Age 14 Apr. 997/1 The activity of the company will..not be confined to the accession states, but will also be directed towards the purchase of, and participation in, concerns of the Austrian iron working industry. 1973 E. E. Bergsten Community Law in French Courts i. 4 As part of the accession process the Treaties creating the European Economic Community..were drawn up in Danish, Irish, Norwegian and English. 2004 Politics Oct. 15/2 Turkey will know in December if the EU thinks the country is ready for accession talks. C3. accession day n. (frequently with capital initials) an anniversary of the day on which a monarch ascended to the throne; (now also) a day on which a monarch ascends to the throne. ΚΠ 1709 O. Blackall Lord Bishop of Exeter's Answer to Mr. Hoadly's Let. 2 I shall still..be as ready as ever I was, whenever a proper Opportunity offers, especially on an Accession Day, or a 30th of January..to Preach these Doctrines. 1809 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 381/1 Tho' fifty annual suns have spent their rays, Still may they shine on these accession-days. 1900 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. 19/3 On the Queen's Accession Day the Royal Naval and Military bazaar will be held at Olympia. 2010 Fraser Coast (Queensland) Chron. (Nexis) 11 Dec. 39 The tower was inaugurated on January 4, 2010, to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Accession Day of His Highness..as the Ruler of Dubai. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). accessionv. Brit. /əkˈsɛʃn/, /akˈsɛʃn/, U.S. /əkˈsɛʃ(ə)n/, /ækˈsɛʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: accession n. Etymology: < accession n. Compare slightly earlier accessioning n. Originally and chiefly U.S. transitive. To record as a new accession to the collection of a library, museum, etc. Cf. accession n. 1b, de-accession v. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [verb (transitive)] > enter in accessions book accession1887 access1894 1887 Misc. Documents House of Representatives 245 Collections gathered by the curator at the New Orleans Exposition..were not received in Washington in time to be accessioned until after the first of July. 1911 F. F. Hopper Order & Accession Dept. 18 It saves time to accession books immediately after the invoice is checked. 1961 Amer. Archivist 24 38 Upon their receipt in Raleigh, the records are cleaned, repaired, classified, arranged, accessioned, catalogued, and shelved. 2001 L. Ulrich Age of Homespun Introd. 32 When the Quebec middleman responsible for the Maliseet, Naskapi, and Montagnais artifacts failed to return letters, the museum quietly accessioned the whole collection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1551v.1887
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