a. and sb. [a. Fr. acceptant adj. and sb., properly pr. pple. of accepter to accept.]
A. adj. Willingly receiving (what is offered), receptive. Const. of.
1851. Ruskin, Mod. Painters, II. III. 2. iii. § 18. Too painful to be endured even by the most acceptant mind. Ibid. (1866), Eth. of Dust, 152. Angelico merely takes his share of this inheritance, and applies it in the tenderest way to subjects that are peculiarly acceptant of it.
† B. sb. One who accepts, or takes what is offered; an accepter. spec. The acceptor of a bill. Obs.
1596. Chapman, Iliad, VII. Argt. 3. Nine Greeks stand up acceptants every one, But lot selects strong Ajax Telamon.
1682. J. Scarlett, Stile of Exch., 41. If the Draught be for the account of the Drawer … it is not necessary that he advise the Acceptant of the course.
