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ACCEPT
accept, live with, swallow
(verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to; “I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”; “I swallowed the insult”; “She has learned to live with her husband’s little idiosyncrasies”
accept
(verb) consider or hold as true; “I cannot accept the dogma of this church”; “accept an argument”
accept
(verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; “The cow accepted the bull”
accept
(verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper; “People did not accept atonal music at that time”; “We accept the idea of universal health care”
accept, consent, go for
(verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; “I cannot accept your invitation”; “I go for this resolution”
accept
(verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
accept, take, have
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered; “The only girl who would have him was the miller’s daughter”; “I won’t have this dog in my house!”; “Please accept my present”
accept, admit, take, take on
(verb) admit into a group or community; “accept students for graduate study”; “We’ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member”
bear, take over, accept, assume
(verb) take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person; “I’ll accept the charges”; “She agreed to bear the responsibility”
accept, take
(verb) be designed to hold or take; “This surface will not take the dye”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
(transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
(transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
(transitive) To endure patiently.
(transitive, legal, business) To agree to pay.
(transitive) To receive officially.
(intransitive) To receive something willingly.
Synonyms
• receive
• take
• withtake
• admit
• onfang (dialectal, obsolete)
Antonyms
• reject
• decline
Adjective
accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)
(obsolete) Accepted.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cept", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accepting.] Etym: [F. accepter, L. acceptare, freq. of accipere; ad + capere to take; akin to E. heave.]
1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. Milton. She accepted of a treat. Addison.
2. To receive with favor; to approve. The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. Ps. xx. 3. Peradventure he will accept of me. Gen. xxxii. 20.
3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted
5. (Com.)
Definition: To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier.
6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.
– To accept service (Law), to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.
– To accept the person (Eccl.), to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person." Gal. ii. 6.
Syn.
– To receive; take; admit. See Receive.
Ac*cept", a.
Definition: Accepted. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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