Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 104 (MED) Acceptinge of persoonis is not anentis God.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 75 (MED) God doiþ not bi acceptyng of persones, but for þing doon bifore, whos qualite is oonli knowun to him.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. viii. sig. N/2 One of these two vices, which so infecteth the mindes of Iudges..is the accepting of faces, or respecte of personnes.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Esdras iv. 39 With her [sc. truth] there is no accepting of persons . View more context for this quotation

1706 H. Dodwell Epistolary Disc. 199 This made it look like accepting of Persons, if God had dealt so unequally [etc.].

1886 A. H. Holmden tr. E. Stapfer Palestine in Time of Christ ii. v. 329 Woe is me! There has been an accepting of persons here.

1916 C. C. Martindale Life Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson I. i. vi. 134 He suffered from this accepting of persons.

1439 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 395 (MED) Þe condycions of thoo that men dele with the accepting of þis way shold conceive in hem self a prive conquest for thadversarie.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 481 (MED) Al meritorie goodnes or holynes, next aftir þin alowing and accepting..is materiali oonly yn þe welwilling which a man haþ.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 262 We see howe this accepting hath not regarde to the righteousnesse of man.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 156 Your chearful accepting of such like Essays heretofore.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xi. §5 102 It had the name of Acceptilatio, expressing an acknowledgement of the receiving and accepting of the performance of the Obligation.

1750 London Mag. Jan. 10/1 The half-pay must be looked on as a retainer, and a gentleman's accepting of it, must be looked on as an engagement, that he shall be ready to serve the publick again in the same station.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1762 I. 206 There was nothing inconsistent..in Johnson's accepting of a pension.

1826 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. May 97 It cannot have escaped the observation of the Board, that, in this country, the accepting of a present is always considered as an acknowledgment of obligation.

1883 Albany Law Jrnl. 31 Mar. 248/2 Although no notice of withdrawal has been given to the other party, the option of accepting is gone.

1922 Homiletic Rev. Feb. 147/2 The endurance which the world needs now from us, is not merely an accepting of the ills of life.

1974 J. Breman Patronage & Exploitation vii. 106 Norms regarding the accepting of food and water are indications of ritual status in the caste hierarchy.

2004 C. J. Robins et al. in S. C. Hayes et al. Mindfulness & Acceptance ii. 39 Accepting is one thing, and evaluating is another.

1841 N.Y. Herald 5 Apr. All the bills drawn by the Bank received, had been accepted, and the result was an injury to the credit of the accepting houses.

1919 R. G. Hawtrey Currency & Credit vii. 105 Accepting houses authorise merchants to draw bills, on condition that the necessary funds are provided to meet the bills when due.

1991 M. Pawlet et al. UK Financial Inst. & Markets (BNC) 153 The money dealing departments of commercial and eligible banks and Accepting Houses.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 135 (MED) An oþer kynde of grace is acceptyng grace, bi which þou makist ech of oure moral vertuose werkis to be worþ a certeyn blisful mede in heuene.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. liv. f. 191 The accepting grace as they cal it, is none other than his fre goodnes wherwith y^e father embraceth vs in Christ.

1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy in Blacke Deuill 6 A pardon of all their treasons, ready signed and sea'ld to their accepting hands.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. i. iii. 96 An Accepting Will is Gods free gift.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 438 Presumptuous Troy mistook th' accepting Sign.

1788 T. Jefferson Let. 4 Dec. in Papers (1958) XIV. 328 The minorities in most of the accepting states have been very respectable.

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 55 The value of money in the accepting country.

1898 Southwestern Reporter 46 60/2 The vital issue made by the pleading was whether the indebtedness of the accepting creditors was fictitious.

1955 W. Lippmann Ess. Public Philos. iii. 30 The representative assembly is..the accepting and the refusing power.

2003 J. C. Martin Push not River 295 She withdrew some bank notes..and brought them to Babette's accepting hands.

1837 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Nov. 258 To receive quietly and acceptingly the answer whatever it may be.

1927 E. O'Neill Lazarus Laughed i. ii. 44 Then he looks up to the stars and, as if answering a question, again says simply and acceptingly..Yes!

2002 D. R. Roediger Colored White xiii. 226 Wigger was at the same time acceptingly applied by Blacks to whites.