accept
verb
- to approve for publication
- to receive willingly (from someone)
- to agree
- to acquiesce to a situation
- to approve, endorse, saction
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/ / /ækˈsɛpt/ / /ɪkˈsɛpt/
adj
Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
- Accepted.
“Pass our accept and peremptory answer.”
noun
Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
- Something that is accepted.
“Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.”
verb
Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
- To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
“Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.”
“The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.”
- To admit to a place or a group.
“The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.”
- To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
“I accept the notion that Christ lived.”
“I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.”
- To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
“I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.”
- To endure patiently.
“I accept my punishment.”
- To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
“We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.”
- To agree to pay.
- To receive officially.
“to accept the report of a committee”
- To receive something willingly.
- To do a service done by an establishment.
“We accept repairs.”
“We accept bookbinding.”