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Webster 1913 Edition
Acception
Ac-cep′tion
,Noun.
[L.
acceptio
a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception
.] Acceptation; the received meaning.
[Obs.]
Here the word “baron” is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern
acception
hath confined it. Fuller.
Acception of persons
or
faces
(Eccl.)
, favoritism; partiality.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acception
ACCEP'TION
,Noun.