ACCEPTS
Verb
accepts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accept
Source: Wiktionary
ACCEPT
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