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1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Transitive verb

1.2.1 Synonyms
1.2.2 Translations

1.3 Derived words
1.4 Derived phrases
1.5 Adjective

1.5.1 Translations

2 multilingual associations

English

Etymology

French accepter, Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere; ad (to) + capere (to take).

Transitive verb

to accept
Past tense and past participle: Accepted
Present participle and verbal noun Accepting

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
Quotations
- If you accept them, then their worth is great. - Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, II-ii
- To accept of ransom for my son. - Milton: Samson Agonistes
- She accepted of a treat. Addison.
To receive with favor; to approve.
Quotations
- The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. - Psalms 20:3
- Peradventure he will accept of me. - Genesis. 32:20
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
(Commerce): To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. - Bouvier: Law Dictionary, 1856
In a deliberative 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.)

Synonyms

To receive; take; admit.

Translations

Finnish: hyväksyä (2, 3)

Derived words

acceptability - acceptable - acceptableness - acceptably - acceptance - acceptancy - acceptant - acceptation - acceptedly - accepter - acceptilation - acception - acceptive - acceptor -

Derived phrases

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 Ecclesiastical: to show favoritism.
Quotations
- God accepteth no man's person. - Galatians 2:6

Adjective

accept

(Obsolete) Accepted.
Quotations
- Pass our accept and peremptory answer. - Shakespeare: Henry V, V-ii

Translations

Catalan: acceptar
Dutch: ontvangen, aannemen
Esperanto: akcepti
French: accepter
German: empfangen, annehmen
Hebrew: לקבל /lekabel'/, להסכים /le'askim/
Indonesian: terima, setuju
Interlingua: acceptar
Italian: accettare
Japanese: 受ける (うける, ukeru), 受理 (じゅり, juri), もらう (morau)
Portuguese: aceitar
Romanica: acceptar
Russian: принять /prinyat'/
Spanish: aceptar

multilingual associations

Hebrew: accept כסף /ke'se'f / (money)

WordNet Definitions

eleven

1. accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument").
2. accept, take, have -- (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").
3. accept, consent, go for -- (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution").
4. accept -- (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. accept, admit, take, take on -- (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").
6. bear, take over, accept, assume -- (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility").
7. accept, live with, swallow -- (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").
8. accept, take -- (be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye").
9. accept -- (of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee).
10. take, accept -- (make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity").
11. accept -- (be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull").

one

1. accepting -- (tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting").

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