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  1. acceptionnoun

    acceptation; the received meaning.

  2. Etymology: Derivative of accept. From acceptio (a receiving), accepting; compare with acception.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Acception

    The received sense of a word; the meaning.

    Etymology: acception, Fr. from acceptio, Lat.

    That this hath been esteemed the due and proper acception of this word, I shall testify by one evidence, which gave me the first hint of this notion. Henry Hammond, on Fundamentals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Acceptionnoun

    acceptation; the received meaning

  2. Etymology: [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acception in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acception in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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