acceptive

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ac⋅cep⋅tive

[ak-sep-tiv]

–adjective

1.	inclined to receive or accept; receptive: She was seldom acceptive of my suggestions.

2.	reasonably satisfactory; acceptable: an acceptive mode of transportation.

Origin:
1590–1600; accept + -ive, on the model of receptive

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acceptive
adjective
1.	inclined to accept rather than reject; "she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions" [ant: rejective]
2.	accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind"

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