Accede (verb)
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Agree to a demand, request, or treaty. / Assume an office or position.
Late Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.
Example sentences
“We’re told they won’t accede to the striker’s demands.”
“Then Prince Charles will accede to the throne.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
