acceded

_ "acceded" _ to the Constitution, or to the constitutional compact, as it is called.

Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 Daniel Webster 1817

At this time they threatened to publicly expose certain information relating to Dr. Luis Garcia del Moral unless Slipstream acceded to their demands, which included a payment of €500,000 to Trent.

Statement from Slipstream Sports regarding Trent Lowe 2011

"I certainly kept the national security adviser and the secretary of state informed of my travel plans," he wrote, but he added that he never acceded to her suggestion.

Rumsfeld vs. Rice: What's the role of a national security adviser? 2011

Finally Karzai acceded to the American pressure and agreed to the runoff, which in any event his challenger Dr. Abdullah had never had the votes to win.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

But what is not mentioned is that Weingarten has acceded to the use of test scores as part of the evaluation process for teachers.

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Waiting for Superman or Waiting for Godot? Joel Shatzky 2010

Fearful of being thought "soft on terrorism", ministers have acceded to those pressures with their budget decisions.

Police reform holds big risks for coalition Michael White 2010

At the Trident Conference in Washington the month before, Churchill acceded to a cross-Channel invasion of France in May 1944 and Roosevelt agreed to more operations in the Mediterranean after the Sicily landing.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

The project was a sop thrown to the Puritan faction at a conference held by the newly acceded James I, at which – on all matters of substance – it had been defeated.

The King James Bible reconsidered | David Edgar 2011

Finally Karzai acceded to the American pressure and agreed to the runoff, which in any event his challenger Dr. Abdullah had never had the votes to win.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Whether in an official policy shift or a simple bow to reality on the ground, the NYPD appears to have quietly acceded to the creation of New York City's newest residential block.

Occupy Wall Street Erects A Tent City In Zuccotti Park, With Little Reaction From NYPD The Huffington Post News Editors 2011