Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Late, Modern, obsolete)Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active

Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept.

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Forms

plural: accipients
Singularaccipient
Pluralaccipients

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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