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Accessional

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Adjective

1. accessional

of or constituting an accession

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accessional

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noun
1. 
the act of entering upon or attaining to an office, right, condition, etc
2. 
an increase due to an addition
3. 
an addition, as to a collection
4. property law
a. 
an addition to land or property by natural increase or improvement
b. 
the owner's right to the increased value of such land
5. international law
the formal acceptance of a convention or treaty
6. 
agreement; consent
7.  a less common word for access (sense 2)
verb
8. (transitive)
to make a record of (additions to a collection)

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Accessional

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noun
1. 
the act of coming to or attaining (a throne, power, etc.)
the accession of a new king
2. 
assent; agreement
3. 
a. 
increase by addition
b. 
an item added, as to a library or museum
4. 
an outburst; paroxysm; access
5.  Law
a. 
addition to property by improvements or natural growth
b. 
the owner's right to the increase in value due to such additions
verb transitive US
6. 
to record (a book, etc.) as a new accession

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Accessional

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n.
1. The attainment of a dignity or rank: the queen's accession to the throne.
2.
a. Something that has been acquired or added; an acquisition.
b. An increase by means of something added.
3. Law
a. The addition to or increase in value of property by means of improvements or natural growth.
b. The right of a proprietor to ownership of such addition or increase.
4. Agreement or assent.
5. Access; admittance.
6. A sudden outburst.
tr.v. ac·ces·sioned, ac·ces·sion·ing, ac·ces·sions
To record in the order of acquisition: a curator accessioning newly acquired paintings.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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