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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.
The received sense of a word. [Not now used.]

Definition 2024


acception

acception

English

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

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