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/æksˈɛpt/ /əksˈɛpt/ Listen

verb

Accept v. t. (past & past part. accepted; pres. part. accepting)

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." "To accept of ransom for my son." "She accepted of a treat."

2.

To receive with favor; to approve. "The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice." "Peradventure he will accept of me."

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.

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."

Synonyms: To receive; take; admit. See Receive.

adjective

Accept adj. Accepted. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Accept'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Accept" Quotes from Famous Books

... conscious of a certain false gratification in his son's apparent obedience to his wishes and complete submission; a gratification he chose to accept as his due, without dissecting or accounting for it. The intelligence reiterating that Richard waited, and still waited; Richard's letters, and more his dumb abiding and practical penitence; vindicated humanity sufficiently to stop ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... her parasol against bench, and stepping up to him in very business-like manner.) Very well, then. I accept your challenge. You can't bluff me out. I believe that ALL men lie when they talk to women, and I am under the impression that you are no exception. Keep your ...

— Writing for Vaudeville • Brett Page

... proclaim silence through all the Grecian host. And I standing forth in the midst, thus spoke: "Be silent, O ye Greeks, let all the people remain silent; silence, be still:" and I made the people perfectly still. But he said, "O son of Peleus, O my father, accept these libations which have the power of soothing, and which speed the dead on their way; and come, that thou mayest drink the pure purple blood of this virgin, which both the army and myself offer unto thee; but be propitious to us, and grant us to weigh anchor, and to loose the ...

— The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. • Euripides

... lies low; may himself profess acceptance of the new teaching, may even really accept it (for it is very hard, indeed, to follow and judge all the mental processes of an Indian)—yes, though it expressly sweep all his devils away, out of the sick, out of the wind and storm, from off every grave mound, though it leave him no paltry net-tearing or ...

— Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled - A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska • Hudson Stuck

... awaited his decision. It was soon forthcoming. 'Me no catch 'em,' he said, pointing to the articles which he had placed upon the table; 'me give him you.' He left the trinkets with me, but would not accept a thing in return ...

— From Paris to New York by Land • Harry de Windt

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