Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accept"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accept \Ac*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accepted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Accepting}.] [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.) 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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Accept \Ac*cept"\, a.
Accepted. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

accept
v 1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this
church"; "accept an argument" [ant: {reject}]
2: 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"
[syn: {take}, {have}] [ant: {refuse}]
3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to: "I
cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
[syn: {consent}, {go for}] [ant: {refuse}]
4: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did
not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea
of universal health care"
5: 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" [syn: {admit}, {take}, {take on}]
6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another
person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the
responsibility" [syn: {bear}, {take over}, {assume}]
7: 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 idiosyncracies" [syn: {live with}, {swallow}]
8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the
dye" [syn: {take}]
9: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as
from a committee
10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
an opportunity" [syn: {take}]
11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated
mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"


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