From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] From [en]; in the sense “respecter,” from [en].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A person who accepts; a taker .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1578 | translator=w:Arthur Golding | title= [De Beneficiis] | location=London | publisher=John Day | section=Book 2, Chapter 28 | url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11902.0001.001
|passage=There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no
benefite so skant, whiche a good ACCEPTER may not inlarge.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1785 | author=w:Sophia Lee | title=The Recess: or, A Tale of the Times | location=London | publisher=T. Cadell | volume=3 | page=145 | url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004874811.0001.003
|passage=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 [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1936 | author=w:Aldous Huxley | chapter=Crébillon the Younger | title=The Olive Tree And Other Essays | url=https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20161122/html.php | publisher=Chatto & Windus | year_published=1947 | location=London
|passage=It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the
ACCEPTER of facts.}}
1. [en] A respecter ; one who view s others with partiality .
2. * 1395 , [John Wycliffe] (translator), _[Wycliffe's Bible]_ , [Book of Acts] 10.34, <sup> see https://www.studylight.org/desk/index.cgi?sr=0&old_q=Matthew+1&search_form_type=general&q1=Acts+10%3A34&s=2&t1=en_wyc&ns=0 </sup>
3. *: And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no ACCEPTOR of persoones;
4. * 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, <sup> see http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05142.0001.001 </sup>
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.
6. * EARLY 1700S , [William Chillingworth] , Sermon on Psalm 14.1 in _The Works of William Chillingworth_ , London: Richard Priestley, 1820, Volume 3, p. [nbsp] 92, <sup> see https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008623081 </sup>
7. *: [...] God is no ACCEPTER of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour [...]
8. [en] An acceptor ; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [accepteur]
*** Anagrams
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[en]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr], from [fr], borrowed from [fr]. [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. [fr] to accept
**** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto]
**** Descendants
- [frp]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm].
*** Verb
[frm]
1. to accept
**** Conjugation
[accept]
**** Descendants
- [fr]
- [dum]
- [nl]
** Old French
*** Alternative forms
- [fro]
*** Etymology
[fro].
*** Verb
[fro]
1. to accept
**** Conjugation
[fro-conj-er]
**** Descendants
- [frm]
- [fr]
- [enm]
** Swedish
*** Noun
[sv]
1. [sv]