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ac⋅cept⋅ing

  [ak-sep-ting]
Use Accepting in a Sentence
–adjective
amenable; open: She was always more accepting of coaching suggestions than her teammates.
Origin:
1570–80; accept + -ing 2

Related forms:
ac⋅cept⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
ac⋅cept⋅ing⋅ness, noun

ac⋅cept

  [ak-sept]
–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

Synonyms:
2. concede. 7. acknowledge.

Antonyms:
1. reject.

Usage note:
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   (āk-sěpt')   
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.
  2. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.
  3. 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.
  5. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.
  6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.
  7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.
  8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.
  9. 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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