acceptation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæk.sɛpˈteɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === acceptation (countable and uncountable, plural acceptations) The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received. Coordinate terms: parse, parsing 1904–1906, E. K. Chambers, "The Comedy of Errors", in Shakespeare: A Survey, Fifth Printing, published 1958, page 27: Farce, indeed, is a term which has been used by literary historians in two rather different shades of meaning. In one acceptation, derived from its use as applied to Maître Pathelin and other examples of fiteenth-century French dramatic humour, it does not so much connote something other than comedy, as a variety of comedy itself. It is a matter of temper and milieu. (now rare) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable. (theology) The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== acceptative === References === “acceptation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === From accepter +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ak.sɛp.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === acceptation f (plural acceptations) acceptance approval ==== Related terms ==== acceptatif acception === Further reading === “acceptation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012