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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Accession, n. [e.m.E. (late 16th c.), F. accession, L. accessiōn-, accessio; but in this sense app. not in English use.] The action of acceding to or participating in; the fact of being accessory.1649 Misc. Spald. C. V. 380/1.
[To] keepe themselwes free of anie accessione, or giwing cowntinance to swche wnhape men 1666 Lamont Diary 195.
Abowt 18 or 20 more were hanged … for having accession to the said insurrection 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. 342.
Certainly Assint had been punisht as a Traitor for that accession, if [etc.]
