accession

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group)
noun (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
noun something added to what you already have

Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646.

Randolph was delighted at this accession of strength. — In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
We thought otherwise, as the accession of Mr. — Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
On my return I gained an accession of rights. — My Reminiscences, Rabindranath Tagore

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