English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acceptor (plural acceptors)

  1. One who accepts.
  2. (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
  3. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
  4. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
  5. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
  6. (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
  7. (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From accipiō +‎ -tor. Sense 3 reflects the meaning of accipiter, which had already been perceived as being related to accipere for a long time.

Noun

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acceptor m (genitive acceptōris, feminine acceptrīx); third declension

  1. receiver
  2. approver
  3. (Late Latin) hawk
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acceptor acceptōrēs
genitive acceptōris acceptōrum
dative acceptōrī acceptōribus
accusative acceptōrem acceptōrēs
ablative acceptōre acceptōribus
vocative acceptor acceptōrēs

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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acceptor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of acceptō

References

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  • acceptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acceptor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • acceptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • acceptor in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French accepteur.

Adjective

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acceptor m or n (feminine singular acceptoare, masculine plural acceptori, feminine and neuter plural acceptoare)

  1. accepting

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite acceptor acceptoare acceptori acceptoare
definite acceptorul acceptoarea acceptorii acceptoarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite acceptor acceptoare acceptori acceptoare
definite acceptorului acceptoarei acceptorilor acceptoarelor

Noun

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acceptor m (plural acceptori)

  1. acceptor

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative acceptor acceptorul acceptori acceptorii
genitive-dative acceptor acceptorului acceptori acceptorilor
vocative acceptorule acceptorilor