Definition
• | A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. |
• | The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. |
• | Admission to sexual intercourse. |
• | Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.] |
• | An onset, attack, or fit of disease. |
• | A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. |