"acceptive" meaning in English

See acceptive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ækˈsɛp.tɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-acceptive.wav [US] Forms: more acceptive [comparative], most acceptive [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English acceptive From accept + -ive. 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  3. Receptive.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acceptivity
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    {
      "form": "more acceptive",
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        "comparative"
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      "form": "most acceptive",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Fit for acceptance."
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        [
          "acceptance",
          "acceptance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ready to accept."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Ready to accept."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Receptive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "receptive"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ækˈsɛp.tɪv/",
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        "US"
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  "word": "acceptive"
}

Download raw JSONL data for acceptive meaning in English (9.1kB)

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