Search Result for "rise_to_power":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne);
- Example: "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
[syn: accession, rise to power]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rise to power
    n 1: the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or
         right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's
         accession in 1558" [syn: accession, rise to power]