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ac⋅cept

  [ak-sept]
Use accept of in a Sentence
–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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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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>
4 of a deliberative body : to receive (a report) officially (as from a committee) intransitive verb 1 : to receive favorably something offered —usually used with of accept of any present —U.S. Constitution article I>
2 : to receive and assume ownership of goods 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·er or ac·cep·tor /-t&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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