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As nouns the difference between acceptation and meaning

is that acceptation is (obsolete) acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable while meaning is the symbolic value of something.

As a verb meaning is

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As an adjective meaning is

having a (specified) intention.

acceptation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
  • * 1676 , , The Second Book of Eccle?ia?tical Polity'', in ''The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, in Eight Books of Eccle?ia?tical Polity , page 122,
    • Finally, ?ome things although not ?o required of nece??ity, that to leave them undone excludeth from Salvation, are notwith?tanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God, that mo?t ample reward in Heaven is laid up for them.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard text, , i, 15,
    • This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation , that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  • The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
    • The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation .
  • * 1731 January 30, , editor), ''The Craftsman , Volume VII, page 233,
    • My words, in common Acceptation , / Could never give this Provocation ;
  • Ready belief.

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    meaning

    English

    (wikipedia meaning)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mening, menyng, equivalent to .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The symbolic value of something.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • The significance of a thing.
  • :
  • (lb) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
  • (lb) Intention.
  • *(rfdate) (Sir Walter Raleigh):
  • *:It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand.
    • Synonyms
    * sense, definition
    Hyponyms
    * proposition
    Derived terms
    * antimeaning * meaning of life * meaningful * meaningless * meaninglessly * meaninglessness

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a (specified) intention.
  • Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
  • *1839 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ‘William Wilson’:
  • *:I might, to-day, have been a better, and thus a happier man, had I less frequently rejected the counsels embodied in those meaning whispers which I then but too cordially hated and too bitterly despised.

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