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accepter

noun
/ækˈsɛp.tɚ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English accepter From accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.

  1. derived from accepteur

Definitions

  1. A person who accepts

    A person who accepts; a taker.

    • There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no benefite so skant, whiche a good accepter may not inlarge.
    • It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the accepter of facts.

  2. A respecter

    A respecter; one who views others with partiality.

    • 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34, And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones;

  3. An acceptor

    An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA