accede
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- v yield to another's wish or opinion
- v take on duties or office
accede to the throne - v to agree or express agreement
- Though European allies have been reluctant to accede to Washington's demands for sanctions, the limited measures adopted thus far have, nonetheless, made a dent in the Iranian economy.
- Democratic leaders say, for example, that they are already prepared to accede to Republican demands that illegal immigrants be excluded from the plan.
- War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha resigns, reportedly because Cabinet would not accede to his demands for more aggressive warfare.