Today's Word "accede"
To agree or assent
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accede \ak-SEED\ (intransitive verb) - 1 - To agree or assent; to give in to a request or demand. 2 - To become a party to an agreement, treaty, convention, etc. 3 - To attain an office or rank; to enter upon the duties of an office.
"He has but to raise a brow and all accede to his wishes; Gilles d' Argent alone rules Hawkwatch Castle." -- Cindy Harris, 'A Man of Steel'
Accede derives from Latin accedere, "to approach, to accede," from ad-, "toward, to" + cedere, "to move, to yield."
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