accepter

From accept +‎ -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.^[1]

• (US) IPA^(key): /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/

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accepter (plural accepters)

1. A person who accepts; a taker.
   • 1578, Arthur Golding, transl., The Woorke of the Excellent Philosopher Lucius Annæus Seneca Concerning Benefyting that is too say the Dooing, Receyuing, and Requyting of Good Turnes‎^[1], London: John Day, Book 2, Chapter 28:

     There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no benefite so skant, whiche a good accepter may not inlarge.

   • 1785, Sophia Lee, The Recess: or, A Tale of the Times‎^[2], volume 3, London: T. Cadell, page 145:

     Tracey came fraught with gifts rather suited to the spirit of the donor, than that of the accepter, yet, they opened the heart of the Laird of Dornock, who listened to the avowal of Tracey’s love without repugnance; and at length promised him his sister […]

   • 1936, Aldous Huxley, “Crébillon the Younger”, in The Olive Tree And Other Essays‎^[3], London: Chatto & Windus, published 1947:

     It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the accepter of facts.

2. (obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
   • 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34,^[4]

     And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones;

   • 1549, Hugh Latimer, The Seconde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer whych he preached before the Kynges maiestie, London: John Day and William Seres, To the Reader,^[5]

     But nowe the wycked Iudge, whiche corrupteth iustyce for Brybes heer he maye learne also the lesson that Moses taughte long before this tyme, ye magistrates & Iudges in the common wealth of Israell be no accepters of personnes neyther be desyreous of giftes, for they make wyse men blind, and chaunge the mynde of the ryghtuouse.

   • early 1700s, William Chillingworth, Sermon on Psalm 14.1 in The Works of William Chillingworth, London: Richard Priestley, 1820, Volume 3, p. 92,^[6]

     […] God is no accepter of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour […]

3. (law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.

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From Middle French accepter, from Old French accepter, borrowed from Latin acceptāre. Doublet of acheter.

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛp.te/

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accepter

1. (transitive) to accept

   je vais accepter votre offre ― I'm going to accept your offer

   il accepte de s’arrêter ― he agreed to stop

• → Franco-Provençal: accèptar

• “accepter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

accepter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of acceptō

From Old French accepter.

accepter

1. to accept

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: accepter
  • → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
• → Middle Dutch: accepteren
  • Dutch: accepteren

• acepter

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre.

accepter

1. to accept

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: accepter
  • French: accepter
    • → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
  • → Middle Dutch: accepteren
    • Dutch: accepteren
  • French: accepter
• → Middle English: accepten
  • English: accept
  • Scots: accep

accepter

1. indefinite plural of accept