Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages). Noah Webster
Ð To accept the person (Eccl.), to show favoritism. ½God accepteth no man's person.¸
Gal.ii.6.
Syn. Ð To receive; take; admit. See Receive.
AcÏcept¶, a. Accepted. [Obs.]
Shak.
AcÏcept·aÏbil¶iÏty (#), n. [LL. acceptabilitas.] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. ½Acceptability of repentance.¸
Jer. Taylor.
AcÏcept¶aÏble (#), a. [F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare.] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
AcÏcept¶aÏbleÏness (#), n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
AcÏcept¶aÏbly, adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
AcÏcept¶ance (#), n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
Isa. lx. i.
2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. ½Makes it assured of acceptance.¸
Shak.
3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted.
4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
µ What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.
Mozley & W.
p. 11
µ In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according, to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ½accepted¸ across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept. AcÏcept¶anÏcy (#), n. Acceptance. [R.] Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning. AcÏcept¶ant (#), a. Accepting; receiving. AcÏcept¶ant, n. An accepter. Chapman. Ac·cepÏta¶tion (#), n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs. or Archaic] This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things … are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. 2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay. AcÏcept¶edÏly (#), adv. In a accepted manner; admittedly. AcÏcept¶er (#), n. 1. A person who accepts; a taker. 2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.] God is no accepter of persons. Chillingworth. 3. (Law) An acceptor. AcÏcep·tiÏla¶tion (#), n. [L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to carry: cf. F. acceptilation.] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. AcÏcep¶tion (#), n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting: cf. F. acception.] Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word ½baron¸ is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acceptation of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif. AcÏcept¶ive (#), a. 1. Fit for acceptance. 2. Ready to accept. [Obs.] B. Jonson. AcÏcept¶or (#; 277), n. [L.] One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.), one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted. AcÏcess¶ (#; 277), n. [F. accŠs, L. accessus, fr. accedere. See Accede.] 1. A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince. I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. Shak. 2. The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. ½All access was thronged.¸ Milton. 3. Admission to sexual intercourse. During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. Blackstone. 4. Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.] I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. Milton. 5. An onset, attack, or fit of disease. The first access looked like an apoplexy. Burnet. 6. A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [A Gallicism] AcÏces¶saÏriÏly (#), adv. In the manner of an accessary. AcÏces¶saÏriÏness, n. The state of being accessary. AcÏces¶saÏry (#; 277), a. Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory. To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. Shak. Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. Milton. AcÏces¶saÏry (277), n.; pl. Accessaries (#). [Cf. Accessory and LL. accessarius.] (Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. Accessary before the fact (Law), one who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission. Ð Accessary after the fact, one who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense. µ This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent textÐbooks on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory. AcÏcess·iÏbil¶iÏty (#), n. [L. accessibilitas: cf. F. accessibilit‚.] The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. Langhorne. AcÏcess¶iÏble (#), a. [L. accessibilis, fr. accedere: cf. F. accessible. See Accede.] 1. Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person. 2. Open to the influence of; Ð with to. ½Minds accessible to reason.¸ Macaulay. 3. Obtainable; to be got at. The best information … at present accessible. Macaulay. AcÏcess¶iÏbly (#), adv. In an accessible manner. AsÏces¶sion (#), n. [L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See Accede.] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon. 3. (Law) (a) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. (b) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Kent. 4. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; Ð applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. 5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Syn. Ð Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement. AcÏces¶sionÏal (#), a. Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] Sir T. Browne. AcÏces¶sive (#), a. Additional. Ac·cesÏso¶riÏal (#), a. Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt. AcÏces¶soÏriÏly (#), adv. In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary. AcÏces¶soÏriÏness, n. The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately. AcÏces¶soÏry (#; 277), a. [L. accessorius. See Access, and cf. Accessary.] Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music. µ Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orho‰pists place the accent on the first syllable. Syn. Ð Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient;