1. Verb
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
2. Verb
To receive with favor; to approve.
3. Verb
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
4. Verb
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
5. Verb
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
6. Verb
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.]
7. Adjective
Accepted.
8. Verb
consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
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