Sample sentences for ACCEDE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
accede to her suggestion

Definition

to agree or express agreement

accede = to agree or express agreement

Other Uses (with this meaning)

This decision was, that he ought to accede to the woman's request...
Tolstoy, Leo -- Father Sergius
You were only a charming man before, but, if you accede to my proposal, you will be adorable.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
I acceded with pleasure to this proposition: I was fond of exercise, and Clerval had always been my favourite companion in the ramble of this nature that I had taken among the scenes of my native country.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

acceded = agreed

The first, at least, of these favours Fanny would rather not have been asked; but it was impossible for her to refuse the correspondence; it was impossible for her even not to accede to it more readily than her own judgment authorised.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

accede = agree

I whispered Catherine that she mustn't, on any account, accede to the proposal: it was entirely out of the question.
Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
Here is a note from her, entreating you to accede to the request of Mr Mortimer Lightwood, the bearer.
Dickens, Charles -- Our Mutual Friend
Our poor invalid evidently felt it a heartless proposition, and would have felt it still more heartless in me to accede to it.
Bronte, Anne -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
This is an extremity to which no government will of choice accede.
Hamilton, Alexander -- Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton
I rather wished, than believed him to be sincere— but, at any rate, was perfectly ready to accede to his proposal.
Austen, Jane -- Pride and Prejudice

2 —as in:
accede to the throne

Definition

take on duties or office

Board members select their officers and the vice president accedes to president after serving one year.

accedes = takes on duties or office

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