acceptation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Derivative of accept

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌæksɛpˈteɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

acceptation (plural acceptations)

1. (obsolete) acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

   • This is saying worthy of all acceptation. - 1 Timothy 1:15
   • Some things ... are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. - Richard Hooker.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

   • My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. - John Gay

[edit] References

• acceptation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913