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

countable, uncountable A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined. a king's accession to a confederacy
countable, uncountable Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain.
countable, uncountable Such augmentation that adds to the collections of a museum or archive; a thing thus added.
countable, uncountable 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).
countable, uncountable The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. accession to the European Union
countable, uncountable The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity. her accession to the throne
countable, uncountable The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
countable, uncountable Agreement.
countable, uncountable Access; admittance.
countable, uncountable A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Scotland, countable, uncountable Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.

transitive To make a record of (additions to a collection); to add (something) to a collection (usually a museum's or archive's collection).