accede
verb
[ əkˈsiːd ]
• agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
• "the authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands"
Similar:
agree to,
consent to,
accept,
assent to,
acquiesce in,
endorse,
comply with,
go along with,
concur with,
allow,
recognize,
grant,
surrender to,
yield to,
give in to,
give way to,
defer to,
relent,
back down,
• assume an office or position.
• "Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘come forward, approach’): from Latin accedere, from ad- ‘to’ + cedere ‘give way, yield’.
