Part 78

<blockquote>God is no <b>accepter</b> of persons. <i>Chillingworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An acceptor.</def>

<h1>Acceptilation</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cep`ti*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acceptilatio</ets> entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of <ets>accipere</ets> (cf. <er>Accept</er>) + <ets>latio</ets> a carrying, fr. <ets>latus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ferre</ets> to carry: cf. F. <ets>acceptilation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.</def>

<h1>Acception</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cep"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acceptio</ets> a receiving, accepting: cf. F. <ets>acception</ets>.]</ety> <def>Acceptation; the received meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern <b>acception</b> hath confined it. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Acception of persons</col> or <col>faces</col></mcol> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>favoritism; partiality. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Acceptive</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cept"ive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fit for acceptance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ready to accept.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Acceptor</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cept"or</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who accepts</def>; specifically <fld>(Law & Com.)</fld>, <def>one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.</def>

<h1>Access</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cess"</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>acc\'8as</ets>, L. <ets>accessus</ets>, fr. <ets>accedere</ets>. See <er>Accede</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; <as>as, to gain <ex>access</ex> to a prince</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I did repel his letters, and denied His <b>access</b> to me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; <as>as, the <ex>access</ex> is by a neck of land</as>.</def> "All <i>access</i> was thronged."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Admission to sexual intercourse.</def>

<blockquote>During coverture, <b>access</b> of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Increase by something added; addition; <as>as, an <ex>access</ex> of territory</as>. [In this sense <i>accession</i> is more generally used.]</def>

<blockquote>I, from the influence of thy looks, receive <b>Access</b> in every virtue. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An onset, attack, or fit of disease.</def>

<blockquote>The first <b>access</b> looked like an apoplexy. <i>Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; <as>as, an access of fury</as>.</def> <mark>[A Gallicism]</mark>

<h1>Accessarily</h1> <Xpage=11>