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Definition of Favourable reception
1. Noun. Acceptance as satisfactory. "He bought it on approval"
Generic synonyms: Acceptance
Specialized synonyms: Appro
Derivative terms: Approbate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Favourable Reception
Literary usage of Favourable reception
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Plan—favourable reception of the Peace— A Lull in Politics—A Sabbatarian
Question—The Trial of Palmer for .Murder—Defeat of the Opposition—Danger of War ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1790)
"YOUR favourable reception of a trifle, h (I month, under the figna- ture of AUREN,
induces me to ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... favourable reception OF A LATE HEROIC EPISTLE TO SIR WILLIAM CHAMBER«, KNIGHT,
&C. ... favourable Reception ..."
4. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"His favourable reception by the nobles and citizens.—He discharges. the dictator's
bequests and fulfils his obligations.—Antonius regards his proceedings ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1903)
"... Wife's Sister Bill—Loitering in Division Lobby—Debates and Divisions on New
Procedure Rules—Wei-hai-wei—Anglo-Japanese Alliance : favourable reception; ..."
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