accepter

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.ˈsɛp.tɚ/

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Noun

accepter (plural accepters)

1. A person who accepts; a taker.
   • 1578, Arthur Golding, transl., The Woorke of the Excellent Philosopher Lucius Annæus Seneca Concerning Benefyting that is too say the Dooing, Receyuing, and Requyting of Good Turnes‎^[1], London: John Day, Book 2, Chapter 28:

     There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no benefite so skant, whiche a good accepter may not inlarge.

   • 1785, Sophia Lee, The Recess: or, A Tale of the Times‎^[2], volume 3, London: T. Cadell, page 145:

     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 […]

   • 1936, Aldous Huxley, “Crébillon the Younger”, in The Olive Tree And Other Essays‎^[3], London: Chatto & Windus, published 1947:

     It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the accepter of facts.

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

• nonaccepter

 

Anagrams

• reaccept

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accepter, from Old French accepter, borrowed from Latin acceptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɛp.te/

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Verb

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

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).

Further reading

• “accepter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

accepter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of acceptō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French accepter.

Verb

accepter

1. to accept

Conjugation

• 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).

Descendants

• French: accepter

Old French

Alternative forms

• acepter

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptō, acceptāre.

Verb

accepter

1. to accept

Conjugation

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	—

Descendants

• → English: accept
• Middle French: accepter
  • French: accepter

Swedish

Noun

accepter

1. indefinite plural of accept