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The word of the day is ‘accede’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence
Yes, the past form of the word is acceded.
It means:
1. Agree
2. Consent
3.agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
4. Admit
1. He announced that he could not accede to Gibson’s demand for Chief Sweeney’s removal.
2. This decision was, that he ought to accede to the woman’s request and that her faith might save her son.
3. The authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demands.
4. But the King of France would not accede to the terms, and so this plan was abandoned
5. You will please say to Colonel Hardman that we cannot accede to his wish.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
acquiesce, accept, admit, allow, assent, comply, concede, concur, cooperate, endorse, permit, subscribe, be game for, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, agree to, consent to, acquiesce in, endorse, comply with, surrender to, etc.
decline, deny, disagree, disallow, disapprove, dispute, dissent, forbid, hinder, impede, oppose, refuse, reject, resist, veto, condemn, demur
Quotation:
In order for sensation to accede to the objectivity of things, it must itself be changed into a thing. The agent of change is language: the sensations are turned into verbal objects.
Octavio Paz
Social Example:
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