Results for accession

Definitions of accession:

part of speech: noun

An increase; an addition; an arriving at; that which is added.

part of speech: noun

A coming to, as by succession or by right; the acquirement of property by improvement, growth, or labor expended.

Usage examples for accession:

• Propositions of this effect have already been made to us by more than one European Government, and it is probable that if once established by legislation or compact with any distinguished maritime state it would recommend itself by the experience of its advantages to the general accession of all. "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various

• She drew away from him as suddenly as she had grabbed him and blushed hotly all over with a most unusual accession of sudden shyness. "The Heart of Arethusa", Francis Barton Fox

• But no one came, though, as he cast his eyes carelessly over the company, he found that it had been increased by the accession of eight or ten young fellows, with a refreshing light of originality in their faces, and little touches of difference from the other men in their dress. "Indian Summer", William D. Howells