Definition of "accept"

accept

/əkˈsɛpt/

verb
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.
  Quotations
  Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 20:3
  The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.
  1714 August 25, Joseph Addison, “The Sequel of the Story of Shalum and Hilpa”, in The Spectator, number 585; republished in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, volume 4, London: Jacob Tonson, 1721, page 112
  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.
  1842, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Zanoni. […], volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, […], book the second (Art, Love, and Wonder), page 151
2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
6. (transitive) To endure patiently.
7. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
8. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
9. (transitive) To receive officially.
10. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
adjective
comparative more accept, superlative most accept
1. (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.
  Quotations
  Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
  1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii

Definition of "accept"

accept

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