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access

ac.cess \'ak-.ses\ n [ME, fr. MF & L; MF acces arrival, fr. L accessus 
   approach, fr. ]accessus, pp. of accedere to approach - more at ACCEDE 1a: 
   ONSET  1b: a fit of intense feeling : OUTBURST  2a: permission, liberty, or 
   ability to enter, approach, communicate with, or pass to and from or to 
   make use of 2b: a way or means of approach  2c: the action of going to or 
   reaching  3: an increase by addition