The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
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Acceptation
//ˌæk.sɛpˈteɪ.ʃən//
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My words, in common Acceptation, / Could never give this Provocation
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In its most proper acceptation, theory means the completed result of philosophical induction from experience.
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Farce, indeed, is a term which has been used by literary historians in two rather different shades of meaning. In one acceptation, derived from its use as applied to Maître Pathelin and other examples of fiteenth-century French dramatic humour, it does not so much connote something other than comedy, as a variety of comedy itself. It is a matter of temper and milieu.
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