accepter
English
Etymology
accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æk.ˈsɛp.tɚ/
Audio (CA) (file)
Noun
accepter (plural accepters)
- 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, 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, 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, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1947:
- It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the accepter of facts.
- (obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
- 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34,
- 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,
- 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,
- […] God is no accepter of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour […]
- 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34,
- (law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
Derived terms
References
- Etymology and history of “accepteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French accepter, from Old French accepter, borrowed from Latin acceptāre. Doublet of acheter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sɛp.te/
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Verb
accepter
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Descendants
- → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
Further reading
- “accepter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French accepter.
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 | – | – | – | ||||
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
- → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
- → Middle Dutch: accepteren
- Dutch: accepteren
Old French
Alternative forms
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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
- Middle French: accepter
- French: accepter
- → Franco-Provençal: accèptar
- → Middle Dutch: accepteren
- Dutch: accepteren
- French: accepter
- French: accepter
- → Middle English: accepten
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