ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAaccede
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accede
Meaning: to agree to a request or demand, often after hesitation
accede in a sentence
How accede is used in real sentences:
After weeks of debate, the governor acceded to the committee's request.
The company acceded to the workers' demand for safer equipment.
“Among the mud they found a courier's seal and a scrap of cipher, evidence that persuaded the reluctant king to accede to Ortez's request that favored courtiers be questioned.”
— from the passage The Cipher at Court
Synonyms for accede
Other words for accede — consent, agree and yield — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of accede
Words that mean the opposite of accede:
- refuse
- resist
- reject
Where it comes from
From Latin accedere, meaning 'to approach.'
Word parts
- ad/ac/af/ag/ap/as/at — to or toward
accede: ac- (toward; form of ad-) + cede (go; yield)
Memory hook
ACCEDE sounds like 'accept': to accede is to accept a request.