a. [f. ACCEPT v. + -IVE, as if ad. L. *acceptīvus. Cf. deceptive.]
1. passively. Fit or suitable for acceptance; appropriate.
1596. Chapman, Iliad, VII. 85. Myself will use acceptive darts, And arm against him.
c. 1851. Mrs. Browning, Loved Once. And yet that word of ‘Once’ Is humanly acceptive.
† 2. actively. Having a tendency to accept, ready to accept; receptive of things offered. Obs.
1601. Jonson, Poetaster, III. iv. 74. Please you to be acceptive … Yes sir, feare not; I shall accept. Ibid. (1609), Case is Alt., II. vii. 76. The people generally are very acceptive, and apt to applaud any meritable work.
1653. Brome, City Wit, IV. iii. 350. Jo. Received they my Jewells? Cra. Yes, they prov’d acceptive.
