Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To answer affirmatively.
- intransitive verb To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
- intransitive verb To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval.
- intransitive verb To admit to a group, organization, or place.
- intransitive verb To regard as proper, usual, or right.
- intransitive verb To regard as true; believe in.
- intransitive verb To understand as having a specific meaning.
- intransitive verb To endure resignedly or patiently.
- intransitive verb To be able to hold (something applied or inserted).
- intransitive verb To receive officially.
- intransitive verb To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.
- intransitive verb To take payment in the form of.
- intransitive verb Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.
- intransitive verb To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take or receive (something offered); receive with approbation or favor: as, he made an offer which was accepted.
- To take (what presents itself or what befalls one); accommodate one's self to: as, to
accept the situation. - To listen favorably to; grant.
- To receive or admit and agree to; accede or assent to: as, to
accept a treaty, a proposal, an amendment, an excuse: often followed by of: as, I accept of the terms. - To receive in a particular sense; understand: as, how is this phrase to be accepted? In com., to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to promise to pay: as, to
accept a bill of exchange, that is, to acknowledge the obligation to pay it when due. Seeacceptance . In a deliberative body, to receive as a sufficient performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: as, the report of the committee was accepted. - Accepted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Accepted.
- transitive verb To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); ; -- often followed by
of . - transitive verb To receive with favor; to approve.
- transitive verb To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to.
- transitive verb To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be
accepted ? - transitive verb (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay.
- transitive verb In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
- transitive verb (Law) to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.
- transitive verb (Law) to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.
- transitive verb (Eccl.) to show favoritism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
receive , especially with aconsent , withfavour , or withapproval . - verb transitive To
admit to a place or a group. - verb transitive To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- verb transitive To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- verb transitive To receive or
admit to; toagree to; toassent to; tosubmit to. - verb transitive To
endure patiently. - verb transitive, law, business To agree to pay.
- verb transitive To receive
officially - verb intransitive To receive something willingly.
- adjective obsolete Accepted.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- verb give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- verb receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- verb make use of or accept for some purpose
- verb admit into a group or community
- verb receive willingly something given or offered
- verb be designed to hold or take
- verb consider or hold as true
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What they don't "accept" is the idea, the concept, the notion, the thought of homosexuality.
The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom Hal Duncan 2007
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What they don't "accept" is the idea, the concept, the notion, the thought of homosexuality.
Archive 2007-01-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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What they don't "accept" is the idea, the concept, the notion, the thought of homosexuality.
The Homosexual Agenda Hal Duncan 2005
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Their list of what judges do is something I wouldn't accept from a 6th grader.
Exclusive: Tea Party Federation draft 'guide' on Kagan nomination 2010
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What these boneheads don't realize or want to accept is the fact that most of the steps Obama has to take now is to remedy the putrid mismanagement of the last eight years.
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
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The argument the administrators are asking us to accept is that lawful carriers suddenly become dangerous simply by stepping from a public street onto campus property.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Licensed carry now allowed at Colorado community colleges 2010
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After Philadelphia, Eschenbach said he would never again accept a music directorship.
Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start? Anne Midgette 2010
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What most leftists just can't accept is that in order for everyone to be better off, some people have to accumulate more than others in order for the whole of society to achieve their goals of elimination of poverty (i.e., the lack of basic human needs to survive without considerable physical pain).
Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The reality that they are unwilling to accept is that if warming was in fact caused by humans, then no collective action on our part would be effective in halting it short of ceasing all electricity production and use of fossil fuels immediately.
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But, he warned: The one approach I will not accept is inaction.
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