acceptation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acceptation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acceptation n acceptance as true or valid the accepted meaning of a word Synonym(s): word meaning, word sense, acceptation the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" Synonym(s): adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acceptation \Ac`cepta"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.