Word Definition

Access

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