accession
noun
- 1
the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne)
Elizabeth's accession in 1558
- 2
the right to enter
- 3
agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)
accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent
assenting to the Congressional determination
- 4
something added to what you already have
the librarian shelved the new accessions
he was a new addition to the staff
- 5
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
- 6
a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
the art collection grew through accession
verb
- 1
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
Also useful for “accession”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “accession”