acception

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acception - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acception \Ac*cep"tion\, n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting:
     cf. F. acception.]
     Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]
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           Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that
           restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath
           confined it.                             --Fuller.
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     Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism;
        partiality. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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