To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
But in 1874 the editors of Scribner’s Monthly requested me to publish a popular account of the Colorado exploration in that journal. To this I acceded and prepared four short articles, which were elaborately illustrated from photographs in my possession.
First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English acceden, from Latin accēdō (“approach, accede”), formed from ad (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“move, yield”) (English cede). Compare French a...
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