access it (aksesit)

[L., he has come near, 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. of accedere, to come to or near: see accede.] 1. In English and other colleges, a certificate or prize awarded to a student of second (or lower) merit: as, second acce it, third, fourth, etc., acce it.-2. In the election of a pope, an opportunity given the members of the conclave, after each ballot, to revise their votes. Every morning a ballot is cast, followed in the evening by an " acce it "; that is, if the morning ballot has led to no result, any of the electors is allowed to transfer his vote to that one of the candidates whom he can expect thereby to get elected. Schaff - Herzog , Encyc., I. 521.