Sekirov Dictionary

accession

/ækˈsɛʃ.ən/

noun 11
verb 1
forms 3

noun11

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
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The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
- This is the 6 ft. 4-6-0 engine No. 8301, Springbok, the second design produced by Mr. Edward Thompson since his accession to office as Chief Mechanical Engineer. — 1943
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
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Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain. — 1776
Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Agreement.
(Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
Access; admittance.
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).
The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

verb1

To make a record of (additions to a collection); to add (something) to a collection (usually a museum's or archive's collection).

forms

accessioned · accessioning · accessions

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