n. [ LL. acceptabilitas. ] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. “Acceptability of repentance.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare. ] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. Isa. lx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. “Makes it assured of acceptance.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. [ 1913 Webster ]

acceptance of a bill of exchange,
acceptance of a check,
acceptance of a draft, or
acceptance of an order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word “accepted” across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Meaning; acceptation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acceptance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's a proof of gift,
But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accepting; receiving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An accepter. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. [ 1913 Webster ]

My words, in common acceptation,
Could never give this provocation. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Accountable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being adapted. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. “General adaptability for every purpose.” Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio. ] 1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. “Adaptation of the means to the end.” Erskine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The result of adapting; an adapted form. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 having a capacity for adaptation. Opposed to maladaptive.
Syn. -- adaptive, adaptative [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Adaptive. Stubbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., for catching. ] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ala wing + E. septal. ] (Anat.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. aptabilis, fr. L. aptare. ] Capable of being adapted. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. aptatus, p. p. of aptare. See Apt. ] To make fit. [ Obs. ] Bailey [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + septate. ] With two partitions or septa. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A volatile liquid, C4H9.SH, having a strong odor like that of a skunk; also called butanethiol. All three isomers, normal, sec-, and tert-butanethiol possess the skunk odor. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under Chief, and cf. Chieftain. ] 1. A head, or chief officer; as: (a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. (b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army. (c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain. (d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. (e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc. (f) The foreman of a body of workmen. (g) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. [ 1913 Webster ]

A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military leader; a warrior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foremost captain of his time. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Captain general. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. --
Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To act as captain of; to lead. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chief; superior. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Captaincies The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. capitainerie. ] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. “To take the captainship.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: cf. F. captation. ] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual adaption. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coaptatio, fr. coaptare to fit together; co- + aptare. See Aptate. ] The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See Conceive. ] 1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. (b) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. cooptatus, p. p. of cootare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose. ] To choose; to elect; to coopt. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cooptatio. ] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The first election and cooptation of a friend. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership). See co-opt{ 2 }.
Syn. -- co-option. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
Syn. -- co-option. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the science which studies methods to discovering the secret meaning of encrypted messages for which one does not possess the secret decoding information (called the key). [ PJC ]

2. the methods and procedures used to discover the secret meaning hidden in encrypted messages. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; = dia` through + &unr_; to see: cf. F. dioptase. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

n. [ L. disceptatio. ] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who arbitrates or decides. [ R. ] Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. erepere to creep out; e out + repere to creep. ] A creeping forth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A gaseous substance (C2H5.SH) used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a warning of leaks. [ PJC ]

a. Making exception. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exoptabilis. ] Very desirable. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Seven. ] A combining form from Gr. "epta`, seven. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "epta`chordos seven-stringed; "epta` seven + chordh` chord: cf. F. heptacorde. See Seven, and Chord. ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) (a) A system of seven sounds. (b) A lyre with seven chords. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Poet.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. heptas the number seven. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad. ] The sum or number of seven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; "epta` seven + 3, &unr_;, tongue, language.] A book in seven languages. [1913 Webster]