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Webster 1913 Edition
Accepter
Ac-cept′er
,Noun.
1.
A person who accepts; a taker.
2.
A respecter; a viewer with partiality.
[Obs.]
God is no
accepter
of persons. Chillingworth.
3.
(Law)
An acceptor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Accepter
ACCEPT'ER
, OR ACCEPT'OR,Noun.
Definition 2024
accepter
accepter
English
Noun
accepter (plural accepters)
- A person who accepts; a taker.
- (obsolete) A respecter; a viewer with partiality.
- (Can we date this quote?), Chillingworth, (Please provide the title of the work):
- God is no accepter of persons.
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- (law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sɛp.te/
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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accepter | avoir accepté | |||||
| gerund | en acceptant | en ayant accepté | |||||
| present participle | acceptant /ak.sɛp.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accepté /ak.sɛp.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | acceptai /ak.sɛp.te/ |
acceptas /ak.sɛp.ta/ |
accepta /ak.sɛp.ta/ |
acceptâmes /ak.sɛp.tam/ |
acceptâtes /ak.sɛp.tat/ |
acceptèrent /ak.sɛp.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accepte /ak.sɛpt/ |
acceptes /ak.sɛpt/ |
accepte /ak.sɛpt/ |
acceptions /ak.sɛp.tjɔ̃/ |
acceptiez /ak.sɛp.tje/ |
acceptent /ak.sɛpt/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accepte /ak.sɛpt/ |
— | acceptons /ak.sɛp.tɔ̃/ |
acceptez /ak.sɛp.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
accepter
- 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
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accepter | avoir accepté | |||||
| gerund | en acceptant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | acceptant | ||||||
| past participle | accepté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accepte | — | acceptons | acceptez | — | ||
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
accepter
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | accepte | — | acceptons | acceptez | — | ||