 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
accession
noun
1: a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or
group); "the art collectin 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: {addition}]
4: agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly);
"accession to such demands would set a dangerous
precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
[syn: {assenting}]
5: the right to enter [syn: {entree}, {access}, {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: {rise to power}]
verb: make a record of additions to a collection, such as a
library
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Accession \Ac*ces"sion\, noun [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.
2. Increase by something added; that which is added;
augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or
territory.
The only accession which the Roman empire received
was the province of Britain. --Gibbon.
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.
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.
5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a
disease; a fit or paroxysm.
Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
185 Moby Thesaurus words for "accession":
accedence, acceptance, access, accessory, accompaniment, accretion,
accrual, accruement, accumulation, acquiescence, acquirement,
acquisition, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive,
additory, additum, adjunct, adjunction, adjuvant, advance, advent,
affixation, afflux, affluxion, agglutination, aggrandizement,
agreement, agreement in principle, amplification, annex,
annexation, anointing, anointment, appanage, appendage, appendant,
appointment, appreciation, approach, approaching, appropinquation,
approximation, appulse, appurtenance, appurtenant, arrogation,
ascent, assent, assentation, assignment, assumption, attachment,
attainment, augment, augmentation, authorization, ballooning,
bloating, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, coda, coming,
coming by, coming near, coming toward, complement, compliance,
concomitant, concurrence, consecration, consent, continuation,
corollary, coronation, crescendo, delegation, deputation,
development, dragging down, earnings, edema, election, elevation,
empowerment, enlargement, enthronement, expansion, extension,
extrapolation, fixture, flood, flowing toward, forthcoming, gain,
gaining, general agreement, getting, getting hold of, greatening,
growth, gush, hearty assent, hike, imminence, inauguration,
increase, increment, induction, inflation, installation,
installment, instatement, investiture, joining, jump, junction,
juxtaposition, leap, legitimate succession, making, moneygetting,
moneygrubbing, moneymaking, mounting, multiplication, nearing,
nearness, obtainment, obtention, offshoot, oncoming, pendant,
placement, prefixation, procural, procurance, procuration,
procurement, productiveness, proliferation, proximation, raise,
reinforcement, rise, securement, seizure, side effect, side issue,
snowballing, spread, succession, suffixation, superaddition,
superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplement,
supplementation, support, surge, swelling, tailpiece,
taking office, taking over, trover, tumescence, undergirding,
uniting, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, usurpation,
warm assent, waxing, welcome, widening, winning
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