acception

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 References 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms

[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.

[edit] Derived terms

• acception of persons
• acception of faces (Ecclesiastic), (Obsolete): favoritism; partiality. - Wyclif

[edit] References

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

acception /ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃/ /ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

1. acceptation
2. One of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary.

[edit] Derived terms

• Sans acception de: without need to bring to account