Accession

Etymology
Latin accessio, from accedere: compare French accession. See accede.

Noun

 * 1) A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
 * 2) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
 * The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. - Edward Gibbon
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.

Thesaurus
accedence; acceptance; access; accessory; accompaniment; accretion; accrual; accruement; accumulation; acquiescence; acquirement; acquisition; addenda; addendum; additament; addition; additive; additory; additum; adjunct; adjunction; adjuvant; advance; advent; affixation; afflux; affluxion; agglutination; aggrandizement; agreement; agreement in principle; amplification; annex; annexation; anointing; anointment; appanage; appendage; appendant; appointment; appreciation; approach; approaching; appropinquation; approximation; appulse; appurtenance; appurtenant; arrogation; ascent; assent; assentation; assignment; assumption; attachment; attainment; augment; augmentation; authorization; ballooning; bloating; boom; boost; broadening; buildup; coda; coming; coming by; coming near; coming toward; complement; compliance; concomitant; concurrence; consecration; consent; continuation; corollary; coronation; crescendo; delegation; deputation; development; dragging down; earnings; edema; election; elevation; empowerment; enlargement; enthronement; expansion; extension; extrapolation; fixture; flood; flowing toward; forthcoming; gain; gaining; general agreement; getting; getting hold of; greatening; growth; gush; hearty assent; hike; imminence; inauguration; increase; increment; induction; inflation; installation; installment; instatement; investiture; joining; jump; junction; juxtaposition; leap; legitimate succession; making; moneygetting; moneygrubbing; moneymaking; mounting; multiplication; nearing; nearness; obtainment; obtention; offshoot; oncoming; pendant; placement; prefixation; procural; procurance; procuration; procurement; productiveness; proliferation; proximation; raise; reinforcement; rise; securement; seizure; side effect; side issue; snowballing; spread; succession; suffixation; superaddition; superfetation; superjunction; superposition; supplement; supplementation; support; surge; swelling; tailpiece; taking office; taking over; trover; tumescence; undergirding; uniting; up; upping; upsurge; upswing; uptrend; upturn; usurpation; warm assent; waxing; welcome; widening; winning

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ühinemine


 * French: accession
 * Spanish: ascenso

Verb

 * 1)  To make a record of (additions to a collection).