acceptionn.

Brit.

/əkˈsɛpʃn/,

/akˈsɛpʃn/, U.S.

/əkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/,

/ækˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English accepcioun, Middle English accepcyone, Middle English accepcyoun, Middle English–1500s accepcion, 1500s accepcyon, 1500s acceptione, 1500s acceptioun (Scottish), 1500s– acception.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acception; Latin acceptiōn-, acceptiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French acception (French acception ) action of showing favouritism or partiality (13th cent. in Old French), action of accepting (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), meaning of a word (a1481), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin acceptiōn-, acceptiō action of receiving or taking, in post-classical Latin also approval, partiality, favouritism (Vulgate), meaning of a word (from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < accept- , past participial stem of accipere (see accept v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare accepting n., acceptation n., and later acceptance n.In acception of persons n. at sense 2 after post-classical Latin acceptio personarum (Vulgate; also acceptio personae ), in turn after Hellenistic Greek προσωποληψία (Romans 2:11, etc.), after Hebrew maśśō' pānīm partiality, favouritism (2 Chronicles 19:7), literally ‘act of lifting up one's face’ ( < maśśō᾽ act of lifting up ( < nāśā᾽ to lift, carry, take) + pānīm face (see punim n.), after nāśā᾽ pānīm : see accept v.). Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French acception de personne (14th cent.), and also accepting of persons (also faces) n. at accepting n. 1, acceptation of persons n. at acceptation n. 1a, acceptance of persons n. at acceptance n. 2a.

Now rare.

1. The action of receiving or taking something presented; acceptance, reception; spec. favourable reception, approval.

ΘΚΠ

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

underfonging1340

acceptionc1384

acceptation1426

accepting1439

entertaininga1492

acceptance1534

entertainment1586

take-up1946

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 9 A trewe word, and worthi al accepcioun [L. acceptione].

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 4^v (MED) For þer is no þyng riȝtliche bygunne vndir God bot þe Emperour ȝiue þerto fauourable accepcioun and vndirfonging.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 427/1 To euerichone [he] rendryd his owne by right withoute ony accepcion or takyng of money.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball Pref. 2 Most humbly craving a favourable acception hereof.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 194 Acknowledgement and acception of all resident Gouernours.

1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar i. 5 The universal acception of this drink amongst the most sober.

1717 G. Phillips Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1892) 6th Ser. V. 372 God knows I never expected satisfaction, but acception, from y^r father.

1839 Indiana Jrnl. 20 July The declaration, the confession, the acception, all passed beneath me, most edifyingly.

1874 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 25 Apr. 414/2 But with the favorable acception of the veto by the mercantile community..there has since been an improved tone in the markets.

1921 Glasgow Herald 7 Apr. 6/3 Acception of the Premier's proposal followed by its rejection.

†2. Partiality, favouritism; an instance of this. Chiefly in acception of persons n. Cf. acceptation n. 1a. Obsolete.

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

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. ii. 11 For accepciouns of persoones [Tyndale parcialyte; Great, King James respect; Rheims acception; L. acceptio personarum], that is, to putte oon bifore another withoute desert, is not anentis God.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 301 (MED) He chargede þe bisshop..þat he schulde purpose þe soþe wiþ oute accepcioun [v.r. acceptation] of persouns [L. sine acceptione personarum].

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 63 Accepcioun of persoones is not anentis God.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 168 (MED) Wiþoute accepcyone of persones, I shalle not spare myselfe, but I shalle sey a story of myne owne infelicite.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxi. f. lxxxx^v He shuld purpose the sothe & trowthe withoute accepcion of parsonys, and ponysshe mysdoers, as well the Ryche, as the poore.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D Loue makes no acception of a friend, Nor deemes it of a Prince, but as a man.

1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 730 As for publike affaires his maiesty would aduance his subiects, without acception of religion.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 372 Acception of persons has place only where..any favors one more than another.

1767 tr. J. J. Rousseau Misc. Wks. III. 62 He must propose a partial acception of persons, and endeavour to seduce them.

1798 Ann. Agric. 30 467 The members..must not be unacceptable to each other; hence acception of persons, and occasional rejection of individuals.

1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 9 May Neither the considerations of the mightiest and richest, nor the acception of persons have ever had any thing to do with my deliberations.

1850 C. W. Russell tr. G. W. Leibniz Syst. Theol. 41 Individuals, selected, as it were, with an acception of persons.

3. = acceptation n. 5. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

usage?c1400

acceptance1533

acception1535

acceptationa1555

1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. f. 11^v After this accepcyon or takynge, this worde Regnum dyffereth nothyng from Ciuitas in y^e kynde of Ciuile gouernaunce.

1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man sig. B Faythe in the fyrst acception, is consydered as it is a seuerall gifte of God by it selfe.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 7) 121 The Apostles argument, and context can admit no other acception.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 186 That is the common acception, in six hundred places it is so taken.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 86 This Acception of the term.

1756 Mag. of Mag. Apr. 297 The grievances, here set forth, owe their birth chiefly to a few mistakes, which my acception of the word charity inclines me very much to rectify.

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 61 Being very good-natured, in the popular acception of the phrase, is like the juvenile amusement of sliding down Market street hill on a sled.

1850 E. W. Grinfield Apol. Septuagint 179 To use Greek words, in such peculiar acceptions.

1905 C. Hartman Observ. Habits Solitary Wasps of Texas 66 Wasps have no additional sense, the sense of direction, in the common acception of the term.

1982 Englera 2 102 In Parkinson's acception of the term, a homonym is one name with two different types.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acception
释义	acceptionn. Brit. /əkˈsɛpʃn/, /akˈsɛpʃn/, U.S. /əkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, /ækˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English accepcioun, Middle English accepcyone, Middle English accepcyoun, Middle English–1500s accepcion, 1500s accepcyon, 1500s acceptione, 1500s acceptioun (Scottish), 1500s– acception. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French acception; Latin acceptiōn-, acceptiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French acception (French acception ) action of showing favouritism or partiality (13th cent. in Old French), action of accepting (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), meaning of a word (a1481), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin acceptiōn-, acceptiō action of receiving or taking, in post-classical Latin also approval, partiality, favouritism (Vulgate), meaning of a word (from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < accept- , past participial stem of accipere (see accept v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare accepting n., acceptation n., and later acceptance n.In acception of persons n. at sense 2 after post-classical Latin acceptio personarum (Vulgate; also acceptio personae ), in turn after Hellenistic Greek προσωποληψία (Romans 2:11, etc.), after Hebrew maśśō' pānīm partiality, favouritism (2 Chronicles 19:7), literally ‘act of lifting up one's face’ ( < maśśō᾽ act of lifting up ( < nāśā᾽ to lift, carry, take) + pānīm face (see punim n.), after nāśā᾽ pānīm : see accept v.). Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French acception de personne (14th cent.), and also accepting of persons (also faces) n. at accepting n. 1, acceptation of persons n. at acceptation n. 1a, acceptance of persons n. at acceptance n. 2a. Now rare. 1. The action of receiving or taking something presented; acceptance, reception; spec. favourable reception, approval. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance underfonging1340 acceptionc1384 acceptation1426 accepting1439 entertaininga1492 acceptance1534 entertainment1586 take-up1946 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 9 A trewe word, and worthi al accepcioun [L. acceptione]. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 4^v (MED) For þer is no þyng riȝtliche bygunne vndir God bot þe Emperour ȝiue þerto fauourable accepcioun and vndirfonging. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 427/1 To euerichone [he] rendryd his owne by right withoute ony accepcion or takyng of money. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball Pref. 2 Most humbly craving a favourable acception hereof. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 194 Acknowledgement and acception of all resident Gouernours. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar i. 5 The universal acception of this drink amongst the most sober. 1717 G. Phillips Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1892) 6th Ser. V. 372 God knows I never expected satisfaction, but acception, from y^r father. 1839 Indiana Jrnl. 20 July The declaration, the confession, the acception, all passed beneath me, most edifyingly. 1874 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 25 Apr. 414/2 But with the favorable acception of the veto by the mercantile community..there has since been an improved tone in the markets. 1921 Glasgow Herald 7 Apr. 6/3 Acception of the Premier's proposal followed by its rejection. †2. Partiality, favouritism; an instance of this. Chiefly in acception of persons n. Cf. acceptation n. 1a. Obsolete. 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 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. ii. 11 For accepciouns of persoones [Tyndale parcialyte; Great, King James respect; Rheims acception; L. acceptio personarum], that is, to putte oon bifore another withoute desert, is not anentis God. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 301 (MED) He chargede þe bisshop..þat he schulde purpose þe soþe wiþ oute accepcioun [v.r. acceptation] of persouns [L. sine acceptione personarum]. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 63 Accepcioun of persoones is not anentis God. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 168 (MED) Wiþoute accepcyone of persones, I shalle not spare myselfe, but I shalle sey a story of myne owne infelicite. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxi. f. lxxxx^v He shuld purpose the sothe & trowthe withoute accepcion of parsonys, and ponysshe mysdoers, as well the Ryche, as the poore. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D Loue makes no acception of a friend, Nor deemes it of a Prince, but as a man. 1623 W. Traheron & E. Grimeston tr. P. Mexia Imperiall Hist. 730 As for publike affaires his maiesty would aduance his subiects, without acception of religion. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 372 Acception of persons has place only where..any favors one more than another. 1767 tr. J. J. Rousseau Misc. Wks. III. 62 He must propose a partial acception of persons, and endeavour to seduce them. 1798 Ann. Agric. 30 467 The members..must not be unacceptable to each other; hence acception of persons, and occasional rejection of individuals. 1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 9 May Neither the considerations of the mightiest and richest, nor the acception of persons have ever had any thing to do with my deliberations. 1850 C. W. Russell tr. G. W. Leibniz Syst. Theol. 41 Individuals, selected, as it were, with an acception of persons. 3. = acceptation n. 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > accepted usage usage?c1400 acceptance1533 acception1535 acceptationa1555 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. f. 11^v After this accepcyon or takynge, this worde Regnum dyffereth nothyng from Ciuitas in y^e kynde of Ciuile gouernaunce. 1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man sig. B Faythe in the fyrst acception, is consydered as it is a seuerall gifte of God by it selfe. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 7) 121 The Apostles argument, and context can admit no other acception. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 186 That is the common acception, in six hundred places it is so taken. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 86 This Acception of the term. 1756 Mag. of Mag. Apr. 297 The grievances, here set forth, owe their birth chiefly to a few mistakes, which my acception of the word charity inclines me very much to rectify. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 61 Being very good-natured, in the popular acception of the phrase, is like the juvenile amusement of sliding down Market street hill on a sled. 1850 E. W. Grinfield Apol. Septuagint 179 To use Greek words, in such peculiar acceptions. 1905 C. Hartman Observ. Habits Solitary Wasps of Texas 66 Wasps have no additional sense, the sense of direction, in the common acception of the term. 1982 Englera 2 102 In Parkinson's acception of the term, a homonym is one name with two different types. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384
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