acception

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Derivative of accept. From Latin acceptio (a receiving), accepting; compare with French acception.

[edit] Noun

acception (plural acceptions)

  1. (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
    • Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. - Fuller.

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  • IPA: /ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃/, SAMPA: /ak.sEp.sjO~/

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acception f. (plural acceptions)

  1. meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation

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