accepter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of accepter
Example Sentences
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In fact, I’m such a climate-science accepter that I don’t even bother having hope for the ice caps.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2017
Meanwhile II Duce had not expelled, nor was he likely to expel the most experienced handout accepter in all Rome, New York Times Correspondent Arnaldo Cortesi.
From Time Magazine Archive
God is so far from being an accepter of persons according to their qualifications and conditions, that he finds nothing in any creature to cast the balance of his choice.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
En le quittant je cherchai à lui témoigner ma reconnoissance; mais il ne voulut rien accepter qu'un couvre-chef de nos toiles fines d'Europe, et cet objet parut lui faire grand plaisir.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
Mais il n'�tait pas noble," dit le recteur, avec duret�; "je regrette fort, Madame, de ne pouvoir accepter votre petit gosse—votre fils—comme �l�ve; mais cette institution scolastique est des plus fashionables de Paris.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 29, 1890 by Various
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