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NOUN (6)

1. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group);
- Example: "the art collection grew through accession"

2. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement;

3. something added to what you already have;
- Example: "the librarian shelved the new accessions"
- Example: "he was a new addition to the staff"
[syn: accession, addition]

4. agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
- Example: "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"
- Example: "assenting to the Congressional determination"
[syn: accession, assenting]

5. the right to enter;
[syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance]

6. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne);
- Example: "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
[syn: accession, rise to power]


VERB (1)

1. make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. Increase by something added; that which is added;
      augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or
      territory.
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            The only accession which the Roman empire received
            was the province of Britain.          --Gibbon.
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   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.
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   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.
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   5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a
      disease; a fit or paroxysm. AS
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   Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accession
    n 1: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or
         group); "the art collection grew through accession"
    2: (civil law) the right to all of that which your property
       produces whether by growth or improvement
    3: something added to what you already have; "the librarian
       shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the
       staff" [syn: accession, addition]
    4: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
       "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent";
       "assenting to the Congressional determination" [syn:
       accession, assenting]
    5: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession,
       admission, admittance]
    6: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or
       right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's
       accession in 1558" [syn: accession, rise to power]
    v 1: make a record of additions to a collection, such as a
         library