acception
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Derivative of accept. From Latin acceptio (a receiving), accepting; compare with French acception.
Noun [edit]
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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Derived terms [edit]
- acception of persons
- acception of faces (Ecclesiastic), (Obsolete): favoritism; partiality. - Wyclif
References [edit]
- acception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
acception f (plural acceptions)
- meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
