accepter

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English

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Etymology

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From accept +‎ -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

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accepter (plural accepters)

  1. A person who accepts; a taker.
  2. (obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
    • 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34,[4]
      And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones;
    • 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,[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.
    • early 1700s, William Chillingworth, Sermon on Psalm 14.1 in The Works of William Chillingworth, London: Richard Priestley, 1820, Volume 3, p. 92,[6]
      […] God is no accepter of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour […]
  3. (law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of “accepteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French accepter, from Old French accepter, borrowed from Latin acceptāre. Doublet of acheter.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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accepter

  1. (transitive) to accept
    je vais accepter votre offre ― I'm going to accept your offer
    il accepte de s’arrêter ― he agreed to stop

Conjugation

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Conjugation of accepter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accepter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple acceptant
/ak.sɛp.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accepté
/ak.sɛp.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accepte
/ak.sɛpt/ 		acceptes
/ak.sɛpt/ 		accepte
/ak.sɛpt/ 		acceptons
/ak.sɛp.tɔ̃/ 		acceptez
/ak.sɛp.te/ 		acceptent
/ak.sɛpt/
imperfect acceptais
/ak.sɛp.tɛ/ 		acceptais
/ak.sɛp.tɛ/ 		acceptait
/ak.sɛp.tɛ/ 		acceptions
/ak.sɛp.tjɔ̃/ 		acceptiez
/ak.sɛp.tje/ 		acceptaient
/ak.sɛp.tɛ/
past historic2 acceptai
/ak.sɛp.te/ 		acceptas
/ak.sɛp.ta/ 		accepta
/ak.sɛp.ta/ 		acceptâmes
/ak.sɛp.tam/ 		acceptâtes
/ak.sɛp.tat/ 		acceptèrent
/ak.sɛp.tɛʁ/
future accepterai
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁe/ 		accepteras
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁa/ 		acceptera
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁa/ 		accepterons
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		accepterez
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁe/ 		accepteront
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accepterais
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɛ/ 		accepterais
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɛ/ 		accepterait
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɛ/ 		accepterions
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		accepteriez
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁje/ 		accepteraient
/ak.sɛp.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accepte
/ak.sɛpt/ 		acceptes
/ak.sɛpt/ 		accepte
/ak.sɛpt/ 		acceptions
/ak.sɛp.tjɔ̃/ 		acceptiez
/ak.sɛp.tje/ 		acceptent
/ak.sɛpt/
imperfect2 acceptasse
/ak.sɛp.tas/ 		acceptasses
/ak.sɛp.tas/ 		acceptât
/ak.sɛp.ta/ 		acceptassions
/ak.sɛp.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		acceptassiez
/ak.sɛp.ta.sje/ 		acceptassent
/ak.sɛp.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accepte
/ak.sɛpt/ 		— acceptons
/ak.sɛp.tɔ̃/ 		acceptez
/ak.sɛp.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

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  • → Franco-Provençal: accèptar

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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accepter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of acceptō

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French accepter.

Verb

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accepter

  1. to accept

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of accepter
infinitive simple accepter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple acceptant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle accepté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accepte acceptes accepte acceptons acceptez acceptent
imperfect acceptois, acceptoys acceptois, acceptoys acceptoit, acceptoyt acceptions, acceptyons acceptiez, acceptyez acceptoient, acceptoyent
past historic accepta acceptas accepta acceptasmes acceptastes accepterent
future accepterai, accepteray accepteras acceptera accepterons accepterez accepteront
conditional accepterois, accepteroys accepterois, accepteroys accepteroit, accepteroyt accepterions, accepteryons accepteriez, accepteryez accepteroient, accepteroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present accepte acceptes accepte acceptons acceptez acceptent
imperfect acceptasse acceptasses acceptast acceptassions acceptassiez acceptassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accepte — acceptons acceptez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin acceptāre.

Verb

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accepter

  1. to accept

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of accepter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive accepter avoir accepté
gerund en acceptant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle acceptant
past participle accepté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present accepte acceptes accepte acceptons acceptez acceptent
imperfect acceptoie, accepteie, acceptoe, accepteve acceptoies, accepteies, acceptoes, accepteves acceptoit, accepteit, acceptot, accepteve acceptiiens, acceptiens acceptiiez, acceptiez acceptoient, accepteient, acceptoent, acceptevent
preterite acceptai acceptas accepta acceptames acceptastes accepterent
future accepterai accepteras acceptera accepterons accepteroiz, acceptereiz, accepterez accepteront
conditional accepteroie, acceptereie accepteroies, acceptereies accepteroit, acceptereit accepteriiens, accepteriens accepteriiez, accepteriez accepteroient, acceptereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present accepte acceptes accepte acceptons acceptez acceptent
imperfect acceptasse acceptasses acceptast acceptissons, acceptissiens acceptissoiz, acceptissez, acceptissiez acceptassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— accepte — acceptons acceptez —

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Swedish

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Noun

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accepter

  1. indefinite plural of accept
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