acception

English

Etymology

Derivative of accept. From Latin acceptiō ‎(“acceptance”); compare with French acception.

Noun

acception ‎(plural acceptions)

1. (obsolete) acceptation; the received meaning.
   • (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.

Derived terms

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

References

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

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French

Etymology

From Latin acceptiō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

Noun

acception f ‎(plural acceptions)

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

Derived terms

• sans acception de

External links

• “acception” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).