[f. ACCEPT v. + -ER1. Now the general word; ACCEPTOR the older form is retained in special senses.] One who accepts, or receives what is offered or presented. Accepter of persons or faces, a judge who is influenced by the personal acceptableness of individuals, one who shows partiality on personal grounds. See ACCEPTION 2.

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1585.  Abp. Sandys, Serm. (1841), 226. God is no accepter of persons.

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1748.  Richardson, Clarissa (1811), I. xlv. 349. The giver and accepter are principally answerable in an unjust donation.

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1860.  Trench, Serm. in Westm., Abbey, XV. 176. He now is … the justifier and accepter of the ungodly.

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