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ceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.

ature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.

The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Kent.

The rudiments of any subject. Lowell.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell.

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

ting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions." Sir M. Hale.

ith or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompan…

neous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap. Lev. xxv. 5. Of his own accord he went unto you. 2 Cor. vii. 17.

Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith.

In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to.

Agreement; reconcilement. [Obs.] Gower.

; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." Howell.

Growing larger after flowering. Gray.

tion; as, an accretion of earth. A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

s jurisdiction or royal prerogatives. They had attempted to accroach to themselves royal power. Stubbs.

To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. Spenser.

The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. Accumulation of energy or power, the storing of energy by means of weights lifted or masses put in motion; electricity stored. -- An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual or than is allowed by the ru…

An apparatus by means of which energy or power can be stored, such as the cylinder or tank for storing water for hydraulic elevators, the secondary or storage battery used for accumulating the energy of electrical charges, etc.