acceptationn.

Brit.

/ˌaksɛpˈteɪʃn/,

/ˌaksəpˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌækˌsɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English acceptacioun, Middle English–1500s acceptacion, Middle English–1500s acceptacyon, Middle English– acceptation, 1600s aceptacion; also Scottish pre-1700 acceptatione, pre-1700 acceptatioun, pre-1700 acceptatioune.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acceptation; Latin acceptation-, acceptatio.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman acceptacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptacion, acceptation (French acceptation ) action of accepting, assenting to, or acknowledging (13th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin acceptation-, acceptatio favouritism, partiality, action of accepting or agreeing (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), approval (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), accepted meaning, purport (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin acceptāt- , past participial stem of acceptāre accept v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare acception n., accepting n., and later acceptance n.In acceptation of persons n. at sense 1a after Middle French acceptacion de personnes (14th cent.; also acceptacion de personne , 15th cent.) and its model post-classical Latin acceptatio personarum (4th cent.; earlier personae acceptatio , early 3rd cent. in Tertullian: see further note at acception n.).

a. acceptation of persons n. now rare favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality. Cf. acception n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > partiality

acceptionc1384

favour1393

accepting of persons (also faces)1395

acceptation of personsc1400

partiality1421

acceptance of persons1531

affecta1547

affection1547

partialness1561

prosopolepsy1646

favouritism1763

one-sidedness1830

biasness1872

c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 205 (MED) Þat he scholde purpose þe sothe wyþoute acceptacion [a1387 St. John's Cambr. accepcioun; L. acceptione] of persons.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Coloss. iii. 25 Acceptacioun of persoones [L. personarum acceptio] is not anentis God.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xv. v. 523 He [sc. God] hath no acceptation, or choice of personnes.

1670 J. A. Comenius Generall Table Europe (new ed.) 273 The most High and most True God, with whom is no acceptation of persons, who alone is Judge of Quick and Dead.

1711 tr. A. de Bourbon Memoirs 12 in Wks. In those Places where the Nomination of a Rector belongs to me, to be careful always to put in the most Worthy, without Acceptation of Persons.

1840 Episcopal Mag. Aug. 433 The bishop judged, assisted by the priests and deacons, and they were to judge without acceptation of persons.

1920 P. J. Klekotka Diocesan Consultors vi. 74 They must take an oath promising faithful service in their position without any respect or acceptation of persons.

b. = acceptance n. 2b. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters xxiiii. f. xxxiii/1 So be they not goddys very naturall chyldern by generacyon but by acceptacyon.

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aii^v Though y^e style be barbarous..our Author desireth your gentle acceptation.

1650 J. Lamont Diary (1830) 14 That our commissioners gone to the King..might haue a gratious acceptatione.

1658 Wh. Duty of Man iii. xii. 31 You cannot deceive God, nor gain acceptation from him by anything which is not perfectly hearty and unfeigned.

1750 J. Brine Treat. Var. Subj. xiii. 351 The Acceptation of the Person of Man, with God, was the Foundation whereon he drew near to him, in the old Covenant.

1842 J. Saunders in C. Knight London III. lxxii. 347 What probability there may be of the petitioner's return to the paths of virtue, in the event of the acceptation of her child.

1886 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 523 But it is really their acceptation of him rather than the cleverness of his creator that made him what he is.

1912 J. Hall Eng. & Orleans Monarchy i. 11 In the days which intervened between La Fayette's acceptation of him and his actual enthronement, he lost no opportunity of putting his theory into practice.

2. The action or fact of receiving something favourably; (of a situation, action, or thing) the fact of being received favourably; positive reception, approval. Also: belief in or agreement with an idea, theory, statement, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun]

ylevec888

levec950

trowing1303

creancec1380

believingc1384

credencea1393

acceptationa1425

beliefc1425

acceptance1533

leving1533

credency1648

creed1819

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun]

willOE

allowancec1400

acceptationa1425

allowing1435

approof1439

approving1523

comprobation1529

owning1535

approbation1548

good liking?1560

suffrage1563

acceptance1569

liking1569

pleasure1569

allowment1570

approvance1592

probatum1606

approvement1615

sufferage1622

the light of a person's countenance1649

reception1660

receivedness1661

imprimatur1672

approval1690

sanction1738

go-down1753

rubber stamping1920

the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun]

acceptationa1425

admission?1430

allowancec1443

receipta1500

admittinga1504

admittance1534

confession1546

acceptance1569

entertain1616

conceding1656

reception1660

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 9 A trewe word, and worthi al acceptacioun [L. acceptione].

?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. C3 I take it an hoole acceptation of the churche of christendome, syn the beginning of the fayth.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke Ep. Ded. sig. *ij The acceptation of my labour.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 69 Without mutuall acceptation, there is no Covenant.

a1732 T. Boston Illustr. Doctr. Christian Relig. (1773) II. 210 An acceptation of a man's works as righteous.

1791 W. Short Let. 22 Sept. in T. Jefferson Papers (1986) XXII. 160 Since the King's solemn acceptation of the constitution..he seems to have taken much pains to shew that it was his free choice.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) x. 318 What else can explain the large acceptation, which a poem like ‘Gray's Elegy’ found at once?

1881 J. A. Brown in Nature 14 Apr. 559/2 That hypothesis will have a better claim to acceptation.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) i. 87 The manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others.

1961 H. Peyre Observ. Life, Lit. & Learning in Amer. 6 The Statue of Liberty, after which every American schoolboy molds..his reassuring acceptation of the surrounding matriarchate.

3. = acceptance n. 5a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance

underfonging1340

acceptionc1384

acceptation1426

accepting1439

entertaininga1492

acceptance1534

entertainment1586

take-up1946

1426 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 7 By this acceptacion of þis bysshopriche he hath pryued hym-self of þe title þat he claymed in Bromholm.

1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 392 (MED) Bi þe acceptacyon of þe said offer, þe Kyng shold discoloure and put in grete suspecion and doubte his title and claime.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §45. m. 12 That Richard Fenys..nor the heires..be concluded ne hurt of any right..by acceptation of any the kynges lettres patentes.

1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. li. 133 Temper it so as might further the acceptation of this Commission.

1567 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 13/1 The acceptatioun of the office of Regentrie.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 219 Upon acceptation of this last courteous proffer, they mount up.

1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 24 Without his satisfaction there is no remission of sins nor acceptation of repentance.

1751 London Mag. June 284/1 He took it upon him to vindicate the honour of those who declined the acceptation of a challenge.

1793 Parl. Reg. Ireland XIII. 48 The honourable gentleman seems to conceive that it is impossible that any man in this House can be governed..by any thing but the possession or the acceptation of office.

1806 R. B. Sheridan Let. 12 Feb. (1966) II. 260 I cannot easily express..the Gratitude I feel for your Grace's most kind acceptation of my recommendation of my Son to your Patronage and Protection.

1835 T. S. Fay Norman Leslie I. xxiii. 154 He lamented his acceptation of Torrini's invitation to the palace.

1905 Internat. Q. 10 182 If I remember right the politician was Palmerston, and the favor he sought was acceptation of office.

1940 Times 3 Sept. 4/4 Rumania was given the alternatives of unconditional and unreserved acceptation of arbitration by the Axis, or resistance.

†4. The state, condition, or quality of being accepted or acceptable; = acceptance n. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [noun] > condition of being in favour

gracea1382

acceptation?1504

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. x. sig. Fi^v Howe may we Iuge that thynge lytel in acceptacion that is gyuen of the gret kinge maker & gouerner of the world.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 122 Some thinges..are notwithstanding of so great dignitie and acceptation with God.

1619 Pasquils Palinodia sig. C3 Next vnto him briske Claret is fast bound, Which addes to Venison more acceptation.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 110 Elbow roome in the world, acceptation with our betters.

1713 J. Lacy Gen. Delusion Christians i. v. 73 The Authority of Vision will appear so sacred, that no other Way of Divine Revelation, can be esteem'd worthy of more Acceptation with the Faithful.

1804 H. K. White Let. 20 Oct. in Remains (1807) I. 136 Not only to secure your own acceptation.

1852 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 642/1 He was rector of a rising parish in Hartford, where he continued for several years with great acceptation.

5. The sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > accepted usage

usage?c1400

acceptance1533

acception1535

acceptationa1555

a1555 R. Hutchinson Faithful Declar. Christes Supper (1560) iii. sig. I.i^v Not their substances & very essence, which is the proper acceptation of y^e word (nature) but the natural propertie of them.

1590 in A. J. Warden Dundee Burgh Laws (1872) 512 The acceptatioun of this our present missive letteir.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 128 The Civillians and wee have a different acceptation of the word Heire.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xi. 262 It is necessary first, to consider the different acceptations of the word Knowledge.

1743 H. Fielding Of Remedy Afflict. in Misc. I. 311 In its common and vulgar Acceptation it [sc. Philosophy] signifies, the Search after Wisdom.

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Adonai We find great disputes in authors, concerning the use and acceptation of the word Adonai.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 226 War, in the acceptation of modern publicists, is self-defence against reform.

1861 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 271 Though Yale has always been called a college, it is a complete university, according to the American acceptation of the term.

1931 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 803/2 That Sir Roger Casement was ‘out of his mind’ in the usual acceptation of the phrase cannot be maintained.

2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 July 26 In the first 100 [pages], the word ‘shit’, in its various acceptations, appears 10 times.

6. Finance. The action or an act of formally accepting the liability to pay a bill of exchange when due. Also: a draft or bill of exchange that has been accepted. Cf. acceptance n. 7.

ΚΠ

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 400 [He] doth come to him vpon whom the said Bill was directed, and desireth his promise of acceptation.

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce ccciii. 38 (margin) The custome of acceptation of Bills of Exchange in Lions.

1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 364 The acceptation of bills..in the second or third pay-week.

1782 in B. Franklin Papers (2001) XXXVI. 418 We had..reason to fear the return of your Excelly's Acceptations Which so far exceeded the abovementioned sums.

1857 E. F. Moore Rep. Cases Privy Council (1858) 11 272 Their father..signing the acceptation of the bill of sale, by procuration for them.

1904 G. Wilson-Rae & B. de Speluzzi tr. Code of Commerce (Argentina) ii. x. 144 The acceptation of the bill does not imply the presumption that funds have been provided for its payment.

1999 E. Eldem French Trade in Istanbul in 18th Cent. v. 136 The weakest point in the whole network had to do with the acceptation of the bill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	acceptation
释义	acceptationn. Brit. /ˌaksɛpˈteɪʃn/, /ˌaksəpˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌækˌsɛpˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English acceptacioun, Middle English–1500s acceptacion, Middle English–1500s acceptacyon, Middle English– acceptation, 1600s aceptacion; also Scottish pre-1700 acceptatione, pre-1700 acceptatioun, pre-1700 acceptatioune. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acceptation; Latin acceptation-, acceptatio. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman acceptacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptacion, acceptation (French acceptation ) action of accepting, assenting to, or acknowledging (13th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin acceptation-, acceptatio favouritism, partiality, action of accepting or agreeing (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), approval (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources), accepted meaning, purport (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin acceptāt- , past participial stem of acceptāre accept v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare acception n., accepting n., and later acceptance n.In acceptation of persons n. at sense 1a after Middle French acceptacion de personnes (14th cent.; also acceptacion de personne , 15th cent.) and its model post-classical Latin acceptatio personarum (4th cent.; earlier personae acceptatio , early 3rd cent. in Tertullian: see further note at acception n.). 1. a. acceptation of persons n. now rare favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality. Cf. acception n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > partiality acceptionc1384 favour1393 accepting of persons (also faces)1395 acceptation of personsc1400 partiality1421 acceptance of persons1531 affecta1547 affection1547 partialness1561 prosopolepsy1646 favouritism1763 one-sidedness1830 biasness1872 c1400 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 205 (MED) Þat he scholde purpose þe sothe wyþoute acceptacion [a1387 St. John's Cambr. accepcioun; L. acceptione] of persons. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Coloss. iii. 25 Acceptacioun of persoones [L. personarum acceptio] is not anentis God. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xv. v. 523 He [sc. God] hath no acceptation, or choice of personnes. 1670 J. A. Comenius Generall Table Europe (new ed.) 273 The most High and most True God, with whom is no acceptation of persons, who alone is Judge of Quick and Dead. 1711 tr. A. de Bourbon Memoirs 12 in Wks. In those Places where the Nomination of a Rector belongs to me, to be careful always to put in the most Worthy, without Acceptation of Persons. 1840 Episcopal Mag. Aug. 433 The bishop judged, assisted by the priests and deacons, and they were to judge without acceptation of persons. 1920 P. J. Klekotka Diocesan Consultors vi. 74 They must take an oath promising faithful service in their position without any respect or acceptation of persons. b. = acceptance n. 2b. Now rare. ΚΠ 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters xxiiii. f. xxxiii/1 So be they not goddys very naturall chyldern by generacyon but by acceptacyon. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aii^v Though y^e style be barbarous..our Author desireth your gentle acceptation. 1650 J. Lamont Diary (1830) 14 That our commissioners gone to the King..might haue a gratious acceptatione. 1658 Wh. Duty of Man iii. xii. 31 You cannot deceive God, nor gain acceptation from him by anything which is not perfectly hearty and unfeigned. 1750 J. Brine Treat. Var. Subj. xiii. 351 The Acceptation of the Person of Man, with God, was the Foundation whereon he drew near to him, in the old Covenant. 1842 J. Saunders in C. Knight London III. lxxii. 347 What probability there may be of the petitioner's return to the paths of virtue, in the event of the acceptation of her child. 1886 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 523 But it is really their acceptation of him rather than the cleverness of his creator that made him what he is. 1912 J. Hall Eng. & Orleans Monarchy i. 11 In the days which intervened between La Fayette's acceptation of him and his actual enthronement, he lost no opportunity of putting his theory into practice. 2. The action or fact of receiving something favourably; (of a situation, action, or thing) the fact of being received favourably; positive reception, approval. Also: belief in or agreement with an idea, theory, statement, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > [noun] ylevec888 levec950 trowing1303 creancec1380 believingc1384 credencea1393 acceptationa1425 beliefc1425 acceptance1533 leving1533 credency1648 creed1819 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] willOE allowancec1400 acceptationa1425 allowing1435 approof1439 approving1523 comprobation1529 owning1535 approbation1548 good liking?1560 suffrage1563 acceptance1569 liking1569 pleasure1569 allowment1570 approvance1592 probatum1606 approvement1615 sufferage1622 the light of a person's countenance1649 reception1660 receivedness1661 imprimatur1672 approval1690 sanction1738 go-down1753 rubber stamping1920 the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [noun] acceptationa1425 admission?1430 allowancec1443 receipta1500 admittinga1504 admittance1534 confession1546 acceptance1569 entertain1616 conceding1656 reception1660 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 9 A trewe word, and worthi al acceptacioun [L. acceptione]. ?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. C3 I take it an hoole acceptation of the churche of christendome, syn the beginning of the fayth. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke Ep. Ded. sig. ij The acceptation of my labour. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan* i. xiv. 69 Without mutuall acceptation, there is no Covenant. a1732 T. Boston Illustr. Doctr. Christian Relig. (1773) II. 210 An acceptation of a man's works as righteous. 1791 W. Short Let. 22 Sept. in T. Jefferson Papers (1986) XXII. 160 Since the King's solemn acceptation of the constitution..he seems to have taken much pains to shew that it was his free choice. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) x. 318 What else can explain the large acceptation, which a poem like ‘Gray's Elegy’ found at once? 1881 J. A. Brown in Nature 14 Apr. 559/2 That hypothesis will have a better claim to acceptation. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) i. 87 The manners of a certain so-called upper grade have a kind of currency, and meet with a certain external acceptation throughout all the others. 1961 H. Peyre Observ. Life, Lit. & Learning in Amer. 6 The Statue of Liberty, after which every American schoolboy molds..his reassuring acceptation of the surrounding matriarchate. 3. = acceptance n. 5a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance underfonging1340 acceptionc1384 acceptation1426 accepting1439 entertaininga1492 acceptance1534 entertainment1586 take-up1946 1426 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 7 By this acceptacion of þis bysshopriche he hath pryued hym-self of þe title þat he claymed in Bromholm. 1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 392 (MED) Bi þe acceptacyon of þe said offer, þe Kyng shold discoloure and put in grete suspecion and doubte his title and claime. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §45. m. 12 That Richard Fenys..nor the heires..be concluded ne hurt of any right..by acceptation of any the kynges lettres patentes. 1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. li. 133 Temper it so as might further the acceptation of this Commission. 1567 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 13/1 The acceptatioun of the office of Regentrie. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 219 Upon acceptation of this last courteous proffer, they mount up. 1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 24 Without his satisfaction there is no remission of sins nor acceptation of repentance. 1751 London Mag. June 284/1 He took it upon him to vindicate the honour of those who declined the acceptation of a challenge. 1793 Parl. Reg. Ireland XIII. 48 The honourable gentleman seems to conceive that it is impossible that any man in this House can be governed..by any thing but the possession or the acceptation of office. 1806 R. B. Sheridan Let. 12 Feb. (1966) II. 260 I cannot easily express..the Gratitude I feel for your Grace's most kind acceptation of my recommendation of my Son to your Patronage and Protection. 1835 T. S. Fay Norman Leslie I. xxiii. 154 He lamented his acceptation of Torrini's invitation to the palace. 1905 Internat. Q. 10 182 If I remember right the politician was Palmerston, and the favor he sought was acceptation of office. 1940 Times 3 Sept. 4/4 Rumania was given the alternatives of unconditional and unreserved acceptation of arbitration by the Axis, or resistance. †4. The state, condition, or quality of being accepted or acceptable; = acceptance n. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > [noun] > condition of being in favour gracea1382 acceptation?1504 ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. x. sig. Fi^v Howe may we Iuge that thynge lytel in acceptacion that is gyuen of the gret kinge maker & gouerner of the world. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 122 Some thinges..are notwithstanding of so great dignitie and acceptation with God. 1619 Pasquils Palinodia sig. C3 Next vnto him briske Claret is fast bound, Which addes to Venison more acceptation. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 110 Elbow roome in the world, acceptation with our betters. 1713 J. Lacy Gen. Delusion Christians i. v. 73 The Authority of Vision will appear so sacred, that no other Way of Divine Revelation, can be esteem'd worthy of more Acceptation with the Faithful. 1804 H. K. White Let. 20 Oct. in Remains (1807) I. 136 Not only to secure your own acceptation. 1852 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 642/1 He was rector of a rising parish in Hartford, where he continued for several years with great acceptation. 5. The sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > accepted usage usage?c1400 acceptance1533 acception1535 acceptationa1555 a1555 R. Hutchinson Faithful Declar. Christes Supper (1560) iii. sig. I.i^v Not their substances & very essence, which is the proper acceptation of y^e word (nature) but the natural propertie of them. 1590 in A. J. Warden Dundee Burgh Laws (1872) 512 The acceptatioun of this our present missive letteir. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 128 The Civillians and wee have a different acceptation of the word Heire. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xi. 262 It is necessary first, to consider the different acceptations of the word Knowledge. 1743 H. Fielding Of Remedy Afflict. in Misc. I. 311 In its common and vulgar Acceptation it [sc. Philosophy] signifies, the Search after Wisdom. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Adonai We find great disputes in authors, concerning the use and acceptation of the word Adonai. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 226 War, in the acceptation of modern publicists, is self-defence against reform. 1861 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 271 Though Yale has always been called a college, it is a complete university, according to the American acceptation of the term. 1931 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 803/2 That Sir Roger Casement was ‘out of his mind’ in the usual acceptation of the phrase cannot be maintained. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 14 July 26 In the first 100 [pages], the word ‘shit’, in its various acceptations, appears 10 times. 6. Finance. The action or an act of formally accepting the liability to pay a bill of exchange when due. Also: a draft or bill of exchange that has been accepted. Cf. acceptance n. 7. ΚΠ 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 400 [He] doth come to him vpon whom the said Bill was directed, and desireth his promise of acceptation. 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce ccciii. 38 (margin) The custome of acceptation of Bills of Exchange in Lions. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 364 The acceptation of bills..in the second or third pay-week. 1782 in B. Franklin Papers (2001) XXXVI. 418 We had..reason to fear the return of your Excelly's Acceptations Which so far exceeded the abovementioned sums. 1857 E. F. Moore Rep. Cases Privy Council (1858) 11 272 Their father..signing the acceptation of the bill of sale, by procuration for them. 1904 G. Wilson-Rae & B. de Speluzzi tr. Code of Commerce (Argentina) ii. x. 144 The acceptation of the bill does not imply the presumption that funds have been provided for its payment. 1999 E. Eldem French Trade in Istanbul in 18th Cent. v. 136 The weakest point in the whole network had to do with the acceptation of the bill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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