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acception

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  1. 1. n. Acceptation; the received meaning. Source: opted
  2. 2. word/acceptation">Acceptation; the word/received">received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif. Source: webster
  3. 3. word/acceptation">Acceptation; the word/received">received meaning. [Obs.]Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense towhich the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller.Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.]Wyclif. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. Acceptation; the received meaning. Source: ecdict

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