accession

1. n. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. Source: opted

2. n. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. Source: opted

3. n. 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). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. Source: opted

4. n. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Source: opted

5. n. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. Source: opted

6. n. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Source: opted

7. n. a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group) Source: wordnet

8. n. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement Source: wordnet

9. n. something added to what you already have Source: wordnet

10. n. agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) Source: wordnet

11. n. the right to enter Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) Source: wordnet

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