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Accession
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
(5):
(n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
(6):
(n.) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accession'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/accession.html. 1828.