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Definition of Acceptations
1. acceptation [n] - See also: acceptation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceptations
Literary usage of Acceptations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costa Rica-Panama Arbitration: Argument of Costa Rica Before the Arbitrator by Costa Rica, Chandler Parsons Anderson, Panama, Pedro Pérez Zeledón (1913)
"Interest is centered solely in Colombian acceptations; and standing on those
acceptations, two hypotheses for interpretation are constructed, ..."
2. Ethics and Moral Science by L[ucien] Lévy-Bruhl (1905)
"II Three distinct acceptations of the word " ethical "—How the applications of
moral science to ethical practice will be established—Difficulty of ..."
3. The History of Roman Law from the Text of Ortolan's Histoire de la by Joseph-Louis-Elzéar Ortolan (1871)
"DIFFERENT acceptations OF THE WORD Familia. 68. From the preceding observations,
we are in a position to understand the principal acceptations of the word ..."
4. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Grace, of various acceptations. Personal grace in Christ proposed to consideration.
The grace of Christ as Mediator intended; Psal. xlv. 2. Cant. v. 9. ..."
5. Lectures on the History of the Development of Chemistry Since the Time of by Albert Ladenburg (1911)
"... PHLOGISTON THEORY IN ITS FIRST AND IN ITS LATER acceptations—CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE
OF THE PHLO- ..."
6. A New Introduction to the Study and Knowledge of the New Testament by Edward Harwood (1767)
"... "The different and various acceptations of the word Afis, ... to begin with
explaining the various acceptations of the word, without which it is im- ..."