Definition of "acceding" []

• Present participle of accede. (verb)

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• "Writing on O'Reilly Radar, preeminent legal scholar Pamela Samuelson cuts through the distractions associated with the Google Book Search/Authors Guild settlement and goes right to the heart of the matter: Google, in acceding to the Authors Guild's requests, have attained a legal near-monopoly on searching and distributing the majority of books ever published."
• "With many Moldovans potentially "acceding" to the EU as individuals, and lots of Transdniestrians likewise "entering" Russia, what does this mean for Moldova?"
• "a "confederated Government," and to the several States as "acceding," or signifying their "accession," to it, in ratifying the Constitution."