Meanings
present singular third person acceptates · participle present acceptating · participle past acceptated · past acceptated
- nonstandardtransitivechiefly non-native speakers' EnglishTo accept.
[we are currently acceptating donations for the other faux charaterizations a la Jackie]
2000 October 24, enialle, “A Joke for Youse.”, in soc.singles (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 20262 more examples
But as far as going out someplace, introducing myself to somebody, and being acceptated, and acceptating them... Well, I used to believe in things like that. Right now, I'm just too far down in this darkness to reach out.
1998 July 10, Tim, “Pathetic”, in alt.support.loneliness (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026The fact SR leads directly to *Lorentz* transformations is acceptated by most people as evidence that the two theories predict the same behavior in this regard.
2002 October 7, Eric Prebys, “=='"`UNIQ--h-1-QINU`"'Pion Experiment Claim Invalid==”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
Origin
Back-formation from acceptation.
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acceptate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptate
“acceptate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acceptate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acceptate.
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