1. (n.) An ability or right to approach or enter; admission; as, to gain access to a governor.

2. (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.

3. (n.) Admission to sexual intercourse.

4. (n.) Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

5. (n.) An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

6. (n.) A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.