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.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
