Middle English Dictionary Entry
accept ppl. & adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | accept ppl. & adj. |
| Etymology | L ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. accepten.
1.
(a) Pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; ~ to (of), pleasing to; ~ time, appropriate or suitable time; ~ in (someone's) sight; (b) received, obtained; ~ of, taken from; (c) received (as king).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))3 Esd.9.13 : And stonde thei neȝ in the accept time.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Cor.6.2 : In tyme accept or wel plesynge I haue herd thee.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6394 : Virginite is forto preise..In hevene and ek in Erthe..It is accept to bothe tuo.
- (1424) Proc.Privy C.3.150 : The Kynges sergeantes to be sworin trewly and plainly to yeve the poore man that, for such is accept to þe counsail.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.15.16 : Þat þe oblacyon of folc be accept and halwed in þe holy gost.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)83/11 : Þe bettyr a man is & to god more accept, þe more in charite he byrns.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)238 : For the offerand of abell was accepte in goddes syȝt.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)2/58 : Þe tythyng of Abel with feyr was brent and accept to god.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.75 : This message was accepte [L grata fuit] of the Romanes.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2526 : Thes remedes all thre were noȝt accept to God.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)38b/a : Accept or taken of þe grete Antidotary.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.707 : Thei diedde alle, the promissiones not accepte [L non acceptis].
c
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)191 : Egberte, cosyn to the sayde Segberte, Kyng of Westsex was royally accepte.