˜yÐÄvlog

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acceptation

[ ak-sep-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the usual or accepted meaning of a word, phrase, etc.
  2. favorable regard; approval.
  3. belief; acceptance as true or valid.


acceptation

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noun

  1. the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acceptation1

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French. See accept, -ation
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Example Sentences

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It is only fair to add, that the term has also a convivial acceptation, the fairies being not unfrequently made to bear the blame of the effects arising from too copious a sacrifice to Bacchus.

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Yes, actually a drawing-room, in the most elegant acceptation of the word.

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Never turn away thy face from any poor man, is a text acted on by devout Romanists in its most literal acceptation.

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He transcended the narrow local limits of the older logographers, and was not content to repeat the traditions that had gained general acceptation through the poets.

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The other instance I am adducing gives us "cabal" in its common acceptation:— "Set up committees of cabals To pack designs without the walls."

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