different between acceptilation vs accept

English

Etymology

From Latin acceptilatio (“entry of a debt collected, acquittance”), from past participle of accipere (compare accept) + latio (“a carrying”), from latus, past participle of ferre (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acceptilation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptilations)

1. (civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
2. (theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient.

Derived terms

• acceptilate

Translations

English

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin accept?, accept?re (“receive”), frequentative of accipi?, formed from ad- + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?s?pt/, /æk?s?pt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s?pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt
• Homophone: except (in some dialects)
• Hyphenation: ac?cept

Verb

accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)

1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.

3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

6. (transitive) To endure patiently.

7. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
8. (transitive) To receive officially.

9. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• receive
• take
• withtake
• admit
• onfang (dialectal, obsolete)

Antonyms

• reject
• decline

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

1. (obsolete) Accepted.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ak?t??ept]

Etymology 1

From German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.

Noun

accept n (plural accepte)

1. acceptance

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

accept

1. first-person singular present indicative of accepta
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of accepta

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?s?p(t)]

Verb

accept (third-person singular present accepts, present participle acceptin, past acceptit, past participle acceptit)

1. accept

References

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Swedish

Noun

accept c

1. (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
2. (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange

Declension