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accession
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accession as in:  accession to the throne

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    Now my body seemed at last to say, "Well, if you must have it, here!" and an accession of strength came flooding through me.†  (source)
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    He rides into Jerusalem and allows himself to be acclaimed by the crowds as the savior of the people, thus playing directly on the way the old kings were installed in a characteristic "throne accession ritual."†  (source)
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    Emerging at last from the austerity which had plagued them since the second world war, but at the same time facing the loss of their great empire and the inevitable decline of their power in the world, the British had half-convinced themselves that the accession of the young Queen was a token of a fresh start-a new Elizabethan age, as the newspapers like to call it.†  (source)
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    Jack of Diamonds had doubled his family's fortune since Redd's accession to the throne.†  (source)
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    Europe should have made trafficking an issue in negotiating the accession of Eastern European countries wishing to enter the European Union, and it can still make this an issue for Turkey in that regard.†  (source)
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    The Saxons and Normans of Arthur's accession had begun to think of themselves as Englishmen.†  (source)
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    'Now, it is very remarkable that this is so extensively overlooked,' continued the Time Traveller, with a slight accession of cheerfulness.†  (source)
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    He was among the bitterest of the anti-Catholic party, and it was certain that on his accession to power, he would have to face violent enmity.†  (source)
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    It produced a little sentiment and a useful accession of willpower.†  (source)
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    The only change in it that they could notice was an accession of alertness.†  (source)
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    All this happened now, for the first time since their accession to wealth.†  (source)
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    But, turning another page or two, he discovered with astonishment that, in spite of this recent accession of funds, the balance had already declined to a few dollars.†  (source)
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    The new heir, up to the period of his accession, was reckoned rather a dissipated youth, but had at once reformed, and made himself an exceedingly respectable member of society.†  (source)
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    The accession of fortune, the discovery of my relations, followed in due order.  (source)
    accession = increase
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    He gave us to understand that in our children we lived again, and that, under the pressure of pecuniary difficulties, any accession to their number was doubly welcome.  (source)
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    She, therefore, felt an immediate accession of confidence, when she found that he was, like herself, awaiting the next boat.  (source)
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    The circumstance which chiefly availed was the marriage of his daughter with a man of fortune and consequence, which took place in the course of the summer—an accession of dignity that threw him into a fit of good humour, from which he did not recover till after Eleanor had obtained his forgiveness of Henry, and his permission for him "to be a fool if he liked it!"  (source)
    accession = increase
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    Miss Moseley, who came into the house to help to do the dress-making, acquired daily accessions of importance from the developments with regard to Miss Ophelia's wardrobe which she had been enabled to make.  (source)
    accessions = increases
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    I will write to Madeira the moment I get home, and tell my uncle John I am going to be married, and to whom: if I had but a prospect of one day bringing Mr. Rochester an accession of fortune, I could better endure to be kept by him now.  (source)
    accession = increase
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    May it not happen, in fine, that the minority of CITIZENS may become a majority of PERSONS, by the accession of alien residents, of a casual concourse of adventurers, or of those whom the constitution of the State has not admitted to the rights of suffrage?  (source)
    accession = increase in amount
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