Accept

[ə'ksept] or [ə'ksɛpt]

Definition

(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'.

(verb.) consider or hold as true; 'I cannot accept the dogma of this church'; 'accept an argument'.

(verb.) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; 'The cow accepted the bull'.

(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'.

(verb.) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; 'I cannot accept your invitation'; 'I go for this resolution'.

(verb.) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.

(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'.

(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'.

(verb.) be designed to hold or take; 'This surface will not take the dye'.

Editor: Thea--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

(v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.

(v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

(v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?

(v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

(v. t.) 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.]

(a.) Accepted.

Edited by Faye

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Take (what is offered), RECEIVE.[2]. Admit, assent to, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.[3]. Estimate, regard, value.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Welcome, hail, admit, recognize, avow, acknowledge, take, accede_to, receive,assent_to

ANT:Refuse, decline, reject, disown, disavow, ignore, repudiate

Inputed by Barbara

Definition

v.t. to receive: to agree to: to promise to pay: (B.) to receive with favour.—adj. Acceptable (ak-sept′a-bl or ak′sept-a-bl) to be accepted: pleasing: agreeable.—ns. Accept′ableness Acceptabil′ity quality of being acceptable.—adv. Accept′ably.ns. Accept′ance a favourable reception: an agreeing to terms: an accepted bill; Accept′ancy willingness to receive; Accept′ant one who accepts—also adj.; Acceptā′tion a kind reception: the received meaning of a word; Accept′er Accept′or one who accepts.

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Examples

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