accept

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English

Etymology

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First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”).

Pronunciation

Verb

accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)

  1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Joseph Addison, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      She accepted of a treat.
    • (Can we date this quote by Bible and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Psalms 20:3
      The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
    • 1842, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Zanoni. […], volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, […], →OCLC, book the second (Art, Love, and Wonder), page 151:
      I bid thee banish from thy heart all thought of me, but as one whom the Future cries aloud to thee to avoid. Glyndon, if thou acceptest his homage, will love thee till the tomb closes upon both.
  2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
    The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
  3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
    I accept the notion that Christ lived.
  4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
  5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
    I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
  6. (transitive) To endure patiently.
    I accept my punishment.
  7. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
  8. (transitive) To receive officially.
    to accept the report of a committee
  9. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
    I accept.

Conjugation

Conjugation of accept
infinitive (to) accept
present tense past tense
1st-person singular accept accepted
2nd-person singular
3rd-person singular accepts
plural accept
subjunctive accept accepted
imperative accept —
participles accepting accepted

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Adjective

accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

  1. (obsolete) Accepted.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

accept

  1. first-person singular present indicative of accepta
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of accepta

Scots

Pronunciation

Verb

accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle acceptin, simple past acceptit, past participle acceptit)

  1. accept

References

Swedish

Noun

accept c

  1. (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
  2. (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange

Declension

Declension of accept 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative accept accepten accepter accepterna
Genitive accepts acceptens accepters accepternas
Declension of accept 2
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative accept acceptet — —
Genitive accepts acceptets — —
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