Verb (used without object), : to accede to the throne. From Dictionary.com.
Exxon was the last of the deal's partners to accept the less-advantageous contract terms acceded to by Italy's Eni. From Wordnik.com. [Exxon Knows When to Fold] Reference
Her intention was at length acceded to: she drove in. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The amendment proposed by you cannot be acceded to in full. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It is probable that if left to himself he would have acceded. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Venezuela (1999); note - Czechoslovakia acceded to the Treaty in. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Seward acceded to this and the matter was arranged satisfactorily. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
He willingly acceded to the brave woman's request, and in September. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
It is acceded by all American nations, that the characteristic of the. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
And as the modifications so made and desired, was acceded to also by the. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Saudi Arabia acceded to the WTO in December 2005 after many years of negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
To this suggestion Azgid acceded, and waited till the day his friend had fixed upon. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Governor Brown deserves praise at my hands, for he promptly acceded to all my requests. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The next day a local judge acceded to Yukos's request to confiscate the entire press run. From Wordnik.com. [A FREE PRESS, FOR SALE] Reference
Hungary continues to demonstrate strong economic growth and acceded to the EU in May 2004. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
With considerable reluctance, they acceded to his request, and sad indeed was the parting. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
And 66 percent said they had acceded to at least one such request within the previous month. From Wordnik.com. [Cut costs, question medical tests and treatments] Reference
I willingly acceded to her request, thinking the fresh air and sea-breeze would do her good. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
I suggested that we go to my state-room, as the bar-room was too public a place, and he acceded. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
(When he sprung this on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon the latter reluctantly acceded to the demand.). From Wordnik.com. [The Middle East After Arafat...] Reference
If this is acceded to, 'tis well; then the trespassers are executed, of which the penalty is death. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
He readily acceded to this request, and began by telling them the experiences which I have just narrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
The men at first refused, but ultimately acceded to his request by placing him at the head with the spear. From Wordnik.com. [Short Sketches from Oldest America] Reference
The cases are few, perhaps, where her wishes are not respected, her right acceded to in all home arrangements. From Wordnik.com. [Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada] Reference
We insisted on an immediate ratification of the treaty by the Panama Government, and they acceded to our wishes. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Finally I acceded to my brother (well, he is older than me) and he directed us to our hotel in about five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Delusional Fans; and a Fishermen's XI] Reference
She laughed, but good-naturedly acceded to his request, and, in turn importuned the king -- who generously yielded. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
He seemed relieved when he saw them do so, and proposed they should quit the dangerous spot, which they acceded to. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
This being acceded to, Harker's brigade began the work next morning at a favorable point a few miles down the river. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
They were requested to leave their arms outside as an earnest of good faith, and, with some suspicion, they acceded. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Their wishes were at last acceded to, and the experiments with antiphymose, which Dr. Mathieu said he had obtained from. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Jordan acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2000, and began to participate in the European Free Trade Association in 2001. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Kohl acceded to a corresponding reduction in German forces, to a total of 370,000, "within three or four years" after reunification. From Wordnik.com. [A Bitter Homecoming] Reference
He had acceded to Condoleezza Rice's demands that the United States back the multilateral diplomatic approach favored by the Europeans. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to War, Part II] Reference
Lee acceded to this; but delays in transmitting the correspondence brought it to the 7th of June -- forty-eight hours after it commenced. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The spirit acceded to his request, whereupon Paracelsus took his penknife, and succeeded, after some trouble, in getting out the stopper. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
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