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).
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).
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"
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.
Main Entry: ac·cept Pronunciation: ik-'sept, ak- Function: transitive verb 1 a: to receive with consent <accept a gift>
<accept service> b: to assent to the receipt of and treat in such a way as to indicate ownership of <accepted the shipment despite discovering defects in
the merchandise> —compare REJECT NOTE: Under section 2-606(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code, a buyer accepts goods
if: 1) he or she indicates to the seller after a reasonable opportunity to inspect them that he or she will keep them; 2) he or she fails to effectively reject them; 3) he or she acts in a way that is
inconsistent with seller's ownership of the goods. 2: to make an affirmative or favorable response to; specifically: to indicate by words or action one's assent to
(an offer) and willingness to enter into a contract NOTE: A contract is created when the offer is accepted. 3: to assume orally, in writing, or by conduct an obligation to
pay <accepting a draft> 4of a deliberative body: to receive (a report) officially (as from a committee) intransitive verb 1: to receive
favorably something offered —usually used with of <no person…shall…accept of any present —U.S. Constitution article I> 2: to
receive and assume ownership of goods <under section 2-606(1), buyer has accepted if he has done any of the acts described therein —J. J. White and Railroad S. Summers>
—ac·cep·tance/ik-'sep-t&ns, ak-/noun —ac·cept·erorac·cep·tor/-t&r/noun
acceptlibrary, networking BerkeleyUnix 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)
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.
Ac*cept"ance\, n. 1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. --Isa. lx. 7. 2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." --Shak. 3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted. 4. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner. 5. (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law. Note: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. --Mozley & W. Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.
Ac*cep`ti*la"tion\, n. [L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to carry: cf. F. acceptilation.] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Heave\, v. t. [imp. Heaved, or Hove; p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven; p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, As. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. h["a]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. ? handle. Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious, Forceps, haft, Receipt.]1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land. One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak. Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense. Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand. --Herrick. 2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. 3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead. 4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. --Shak. 5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. --Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly. To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See Taut, and Tight. To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. To heave the log. (Naut.) See Log. To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
Re*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Received; p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.] [OF. receiver, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See Capable, Heave, and cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.]1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. --Locke. 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. 4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. 6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage. Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. Usage: Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton.
Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve.]1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. "O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom." --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. "Pray, do my service to his majesty." --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. Service book, a prayer book or missal. Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. To accept service. (Law) See under Accept. To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.
![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium_mh.gif){kind=small}
Audio Help [ak-sept] Pronunciation Key 
