Here's a proof of gift,
But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy.
Mrs. Browning.
Ac*cept"ant (&?;), a. Accepting; receiving.
Ac*cept"ant, n. An accepter. Chapman.
Ac`cep*ta"tion (&?;), n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
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.
Ac*cept"ed*ly (&?;), adv. In a accepted manner; admittedly.
Ac*cept"er (&?;), n. 1. A person who accepts; a taker.