n. [ L. abscessio a separation; fr. absedere. See Abscess. ] A separating; removal; also, an abscess. [ Obs. ] Gauden. Barrough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See Accede. ] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) 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. (b) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to accession; additional. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede. ] 1. A yielding to physical force. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Concession; compliance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cession of the island of New Orleans. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. cessionarius, from cessionare to cede, fr. L. cessio: cf. F. cessionnaire. See Cession. ] Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + L. incedere, incessum, to walk. ] (Theol.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede. ] 1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

By mutual concession the business was adjusted. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is therefore a concession, that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries /plu>. A concessionaire. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. someone who holds or operates a concession.
Syn. -- concessionaire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who favors concession. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. concessionnaire. ] The beneficiary of a concession or grant. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ de- + accession. Ca. 1970. ] to sell (artwork); -- used of sales of art by museums. The word appears to have been coined as a euphemism to avoid the negative connotations of the word “sell”, particularly for works donated by benefactors. The practise is justified as a means of acquiring funds for purchase of more valuable artworks. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. decessio, fr. decedere to depart. See Decease, n. ] Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. discessio, fr. discedere, discessum. See Discede. ] Departure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incedere, incessum, to walk. ] Motion on foot; progress in walking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See Intercede. ] The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. Rom. viii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To entreat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within + cedere to go. ] (Med.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. précession. See Precede. ] The act of going before, or forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lunisolar precession. (Astron.) See under Lunisolar. --
Planetary precession, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. --
Precession of the equinoxes (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2″ annually, caused by the action of the sun, moon, and planets, upon the protuberant matter about the earth's equator, in connection with its diurnal rotation; -- so called because either equinox, owing to its westerly motion, comes to the meridian sooner each day than the point it would have occupied without the motion of precession, and thus precedes that point continually with reference to the time of transit and motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. processio. See Proceed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is moving onward in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a ceremonious train; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here comes the townsmen on procession. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl.) An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. (Eccl.) An old term for litanies which were said in procession and not kneeling. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Procession of the Holy Ghost, a theological term applied to the relation of the Holy Spirit to the Father and the Son, the Eastern Church affirming that the Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and the Western Church that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Shipley. --
Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Law) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of, as lands. [ Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee). ] “To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.” Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To march in procession. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To honor with a procession. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The processional services became more frequent. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. processionnal, LL. processionale. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hymn, or other selection, sung during a church procession; as, the processional was the 202d hymn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who goes or marches in a procession. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. processionarius, F. processionnaire. ] Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. [ 1913 Webster ]

Processionary moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially Cnethocampa processionea of Europe, whose larvæ make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who takes part in a procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A manual of processions; a processional. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An officer appointed to procession lands. [ Local, U. S. (North Carolina and Tennessee). ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. [ Local, U. S. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. recessio, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede. ] 1. The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Economics) A period during which economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product, declines for at least two quarters in a row in a specific country. If the decline is severe and long, such as greater than ten percent, it may be termed a depression. [ PJC ]

3. A procession in which people leave a ceremony, such as at a religious service. [ PJC ]

n. [ Pref. re- + cession. ] The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room; a recessional. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hymn or other piece of music sung or played while a church congregation is leaving a service, or a choir is returning to the cloak room; a recessional hymn. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. rétrocession. See Retrocede. ] 1. The act of retroceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede. ] 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secession Church (in Scotland). See Seceder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who upholds secession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. successio: cf. F. succession. See Succeed. ] 1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in the succession to an earldom. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. “A long succession must ensue.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical. --
Succession duty, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [ Eng. ] --
Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. “Successional teeth.” Flower. -- Suc*ces"sion*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid. [ 1913 Webster ]