About The Word Acceptation
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Acceptation
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What's The Definition Of Acceptation?
[n] the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
[n] the accepted meaning of a word [n] acceptance as true or valid Synonyms | Synonyms for Acceptation: acceptance | adoption | espousal | word meaning | word sense Related Terms | Find terms related to Acceptation: acceptance | acception | acquiescence | assurance | assuredness | belief | certainty | confidence | credence | credit | credulity | dependence | faith | hope | import | intendment | message | purport | received meaning | reception | reliance | reliance on | sense | significance | significancy | signification | stock | store | sureness | surety | suspension of disbelief | trust | understanding | usage See Also | acceptance | approval | approving | blessing | bosom | embrace | sense | signified Acceptation In Webster's Dictionary \Ac`cep*ta"tion\, n.
1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard;
state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
This is saying worthy of all acceptation. --1 Tim.
i. 15.
Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great
dignity and acceptation with God. --Hooker.
2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood,
or generally received; as, term is to be used according to
its usual acceptation.
My words, in common acceptation, Could never give
this provocation. --Gay.
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