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Accession
/æk.ˈsɛ.ʃən/
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined
📖 Definitions of "Accession"
noun
- 1
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined
"a king's accession to a confederacy"
- 2
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
- 3
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).
- 4
The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
verb
- 1
To make a record of (additions to a collection).
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