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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(Can we date this quote?), Fuller, (Please provide the title of the work):
- Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it.
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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
Derived terms[edit]
External links[edit]
- “acception” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
