Will became broke in every acceptation of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
"No -- no," with a delightful acceptation of her rebuke. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Ridgely was in no sense a fort, but by general acceptation. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
But he is not speaking of bread taken in the first acceptation. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
This is extremely convenient, and worthy of acceptation in this country. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
The sting of the criticism was drawn by Luther's merry acceptation of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
For some admit the proposition, but not in the proper acceptation of the terms. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
On the acceptation or refusal of these terms, peace or war was to be determined. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Sufficient for our purpose is it to show the universal acceptation of these legends. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria] Reference
He was no scholar in the usual acceptation of the term; he knew only his mother-tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
The novel, in the modern acceptation of the term, presupposes a prosaically ordered reality. From Wordnik.com. [An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times] Reference
Vivian Standish was a thorough man of the world -- I use the word in its most literal acceptation. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
They are generally successful, and make very good Yankees, in the technical acceptation of the word. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
The children's books in those days were Hogarth's pictures taken in their most literal acceptation. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850] Reference
If you are of the masculine gender be a man in all things in the highest and best acceptation of the word. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
In a note hereto appended, the author gives a list of English words of peculiar use and acceptation in Barbados. From Wordnik.com. [West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas] Reference
And let me admit, in the first place, that there is such a thing as luck, using the word in its common acceptation. From Wordnik.com. [Men in the Making] Reference
Aunt Hannah was not a close woman in the usual country acceptation of the term, but she hated changes and loved tea. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Strong in the highest and best acceptation and meaning of that word, for he was a giant in intellect and in character. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
Janus possessed no temples in the ordinary acceptation of the word, but all the gates of cities were dedicated to him. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
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