accept
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French accepter, or from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere, formed from ad- + capere "to take".
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- IPA: /əkˈsept/
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- Rhymes: -ɛpt
- Homophones: except (in some dialects)
[edit] Verb
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to accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)
- (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval.
- She accepted of a treat. - Joseph Addison
- The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. - Psalms 20:3
- (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
- (transitive) To endure patiently.
- I accept my punishment.
- (transitive) (commerce) To agree to pay.
- (transitive) To receive officially; as, to accept the report of a committee.
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to receive with consent
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to agree to
to endure patietly
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to agree to pay
to receive officially
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[edit] Adjective
accept
- (obsolete) Accepted.
- Pass our accept and peremptory answer. - Shakespeare: Henry V, V-ii