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ac·cept    Audio Help   [ak-sept] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
2.to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
3.to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation.
4.to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept the office of president.
5.to receive or admit formally, as to a college or club.
6.to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation.
7.to regard as true or sound; believe: to accept a claim; to accept Catholicism.
8.to regard as normal, suitable, or usual.
9.to receive as to meaning; understand.
10.Commerce. to acknowledge, by signature, as calling for payment, and thus to agree to pay, as a draft.
11.(in a deliberative body) to receive as an adequate performance of the duty with which an officer or a committee has been charged; receive for further action: The report of the committee was accepted.
12.to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug.
13.to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def. 7).
–verb (used without object)
14.to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of).

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME accepten < MF accepter < L acceptare, equiv. to ac- ac- + -cep- take, comb. form of cap- + -t- freq. suffix]

2. concede. 7. acknowledge.
1. reject.
Accept and except are sometimes confused as verbs because of their similar pronunciations, esp. in rapid speech. Accept means “to take or receive” (I accept this trophy), while except means “to exclude” (Certain types of damage are excepted from coverage in this insurance policy).
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ac·cept    Audio Help   (āk-sěpt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ac·cept·ed, ac·cept·ing, ac·cepts

v.   tr.
    1. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.
    2. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
    3. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.
    4. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.
    5. To understand as having a specific meaning.
  1. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.
  2. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.
    1. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.
    2. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.
    3. To understand as having a specific meaning.
  3. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.
  4. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.
  5. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.
  6. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.
  7. Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.

v.   intr.
To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.


[Middle English accepten, from Latin acceptāre, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

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accept 
c.1360, "to take what is offered," from O.Fr. accepter from L. acceptare "take or receive willingly," freq. of acceptus, pp. of accipere "receive," from ad- "to" + capere "to take" (see capable).

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accept

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

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
accept1 [əkˈsept] verb
to take (something offered)
Example: He accepted the gift.
Arabic: يَقْبَل، يَتَقَبَّل
Chinese (Simplified): 接受
Chinese (Traditional): 接受
Czech: přijmout
Danish: tage imod
Dutch: aannemen
Estonian: vastu võtma
French: accepter
German: annehmen
Greek: δέχομαι
Hungarian: elfogad
Icelandic: þiggja
Indonesian: menerima
Italian: accettare
Japanese: 受取る
Korean: 받다, 수납하다
Latvian: pieņemt (piedāvājumu)
Lithuanian: priimti
Norwegian: ta imot
Polish: przyjmować
Portuguese (Brazil): aceitar
Portuguese (Portugal): aceitar
Romanian: a accepta, a primi
Russian: принимать
Slovak: prijať
Slovenian: sprejeti
Spanish: aceptar
Swedish: motta
Turkish: kabul etmek, almak
accept2 [əkˈsept] verb
to believe in, agree to or acknowledge
Example: We accept your account of what happened; Their proposal was accepted; He accepted responsibility for the accident.
Arabic: يُوَافِق عَلَى، يُسَلِّم بِ
Chinese (Simplified): 承認
Chinese (Traditional): 承認
Czech: přijmout
Danish: godtage; acceptere; tage
Dutch: aanvaarden
Estonian: tunnustama, nõustuma
Finnish: hyväksyä
French: accepter
German: akzeptieren
Greek: αποδέχομαι, αναλαμβάνω (αξίωμα, ευθύνη κτλ.)
Hungarian: elfogad
Icelandic: fallast á, samþykkja
Indonesian: menerima
Italian: tenere per buono, *vero*
Japanese: 受入れる
Korean: 인정하다, 받아들이다
Latvian: piekrist; atzīt (par pareizu)
Lithuanian: tikėti, pri(si)imti
Norwegian: godta, akseptere
Polish: przyjmować, uznawać
Portuguese (Brazil): aceitar
Portuguese (Portugal): aceitar
Romanian: a crede; a accepta; a recu­noaşte
Russian: признавать
Slovak: prijať
Slovenian: privoliti
Spanish: aceptar
Swedish: godta, godkänna, erkänna
Turkish: kabul etmek, üstlenmek
See also: acceptable, acceptance, accepted

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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

accept library, networking
Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned.
Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2).
(1994-11-08)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Accept

Ac*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accepting.] [F. accepter, L. acceptare, freq. of accipere; ad + capere to take; akin to E. heave.]

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. --Shak.

To accept of ransom for my son. --Milton.

She accepted of a treat. --Addison.

2. To receive with favor; to approve.

The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. --Ps. xx. 3.

Peradventure he will accept of me. --Gen. xxxii. 20.

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. --Bouvier.

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." --Gal. ii. 6.

Syn: To receive; take; admit. See Receive.
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Accept

Ac*cept"\, a. Accepted. [Obs.] --Shak.
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