accede
ak-SEEDverbMeaning to agree to a request or demand
Memory hook ac-SEED: says YES to more SEEDS. The birds line up and squawk for more seeds, and Granny Mae says yes, tossing out another handful. She accedes to their demand.
The principal acceded to the students’ request for a longer lunch.
In context At first the town council refused, but after hundreds of letters it acceded to the neighbors’ demand and put a stop sign at the busy corner.
Similar agree, consent, go along, give in
Opposite refuse, reject, deny
From Latin accedere, “to come near, to agree”: ad (to) + cedere (to go, to yield).