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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto 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 followed by of).
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Accept of
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English accepten < Middle French accepter < Latin acceptare, equivalent to ac- ac- + -cep- take, combining form of cap- + -t- frequentative suffix
1350–1400; Middle English accepten < Middle French accepter < Latin acceptare, equivalent to ac- ac- + -cep- take, combining form of cap- + -t- frequentative suffix
Related forms
pre·ac·cept, verb
re·ac·cept, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
2. concede. 7. acknowledge.
2. concede. 7. acknowledge.
Antonyms
1. reject.
1. reject.
Usage note
Accept and except are sometimes confused as verbs because of their similar pronunciations, especially 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).
Accept and except are sometimes confused as verbs because of their similar pronunciations, especially 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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