Acceptation

And because the _Carp_ is a Fish of a general Acceptation, and is of a

The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing Robert Howlett

The same year, 1784, in which the Baptist concert for prayer was begun, saw the publication of Fuller's Gospel Worthy of all Acceptation.

Life of William Carey George Smith 1876

I do not remember to have seen this better stated anywhere than in Fuller's, "Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation."

God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious 1861

-- The brass-lunged Hawkers sing "Grand Acceptation, Monarchic Constitution" through these gay crowds: the Morrow, grandson of Yesterday, must be what it can, as

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

"Grande Acceptation, Constitution Monarchique:" it behoves the Son of

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

A Person who has the supreme Authority in any District, let it be of a larger or lesser Extent, is, in the common Acceptation of Speech, a Prince; and if from his Influence our Trade may be either advanced or hindered, he deserves a proportionable Respect from us, tho 'he would be certainly entitled to strict Justice, whether he had that Influence or not.

The Royal African: or, Memoirs of the Young Prince of Annamaboe. Comprehending a Distinct Account of His Country and Family; His Elder Brother's Voyage to France, and Reception There; the Manner in Which Himself Was Confided by His Father to the Captain Who Sold Him; His Condition While a Slave in Barbadoes; the True Cause of His Being Redeemed; His Voyage from Thence; and Reception Here in England. Interspers'd throughout with Several Historical Remarks on the Commerce of the European Nations, whose Subjects Frequent the Coast of Guinea. To which Is Prefixed a Letter from the Author to a Person of Distinction, in Reference to Some Natural Curiosities in Africa; As Well As Explaining the Motives which Induced Him to Compose These Memoirs The Young Prince of Annamaboe 1750

A Commodity in the general Acceptation and Letter of the Word, signifies what is materially useful, as a necessary or Conveniency of Life; take from Bills the Notion of Currency, they are only Waste Paper, as to their Matter; whereas Silver is equally valuable as a Commodity, or as a Currency.

Postscript, To a Discourse concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America 1740

But a _Genius_ in common Acceptation amongst _us_, doth not barely answer to this Sense.

'Of Genius', in The Occasional Paper, and Preface to The Creation Aaron Hill 1717

* A _Critick_ in the Modern Acceptation, seldom rises, either in

The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country John Gay 1708

This makes me think, that _Virtus_, in its first Acceptation, might, with great Justice and Propriety, be in

An Enquiry into an Origin of Honour; and the Usefulness of Christianity in War Bernard Mandeville 1701