[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.
1585. Abp. Sandys, Serm. (1841), 226. God is no accepter of persons.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), I. xlv. 349. The giver and accepter are principally answerable in an unjust donation.
1860. Trench, Serm. in Westm., Abbey, XV. 176. He now is the justifier and accepter of the ungodly.