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)
- (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
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- 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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[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
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
acception f. (plural acceptions)
- meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
