Etymology: < classical Latin acceptus acceptable, pleasing, use as adjective of past participle of accipere to receive, take (see accept v.). Compare accepted adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ̆kse·pt) /ækˈsɛpt/.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French accepter (French accepter ) to agree to take that which is offered or presented (14th cent. in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also to admit (to an office), to allow, permit, to consent to, to admit the legality of, to fail to object to, to accept (a summons) (all 14th or 15th cent.), and its etymon classical Latin acceptāre to receive regularly, take, to receive, be given, to submit to, (of things) to admit of (a procedure or operation), in post-classical Latin also to receive favourably (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), to interpret, understand (5th cent.), frequentative formation < accipere to receive, take, to acquire, get, to undertake, to sustain, suffer, to admit, let in, to welcome, entertain, to regard, consider, to agree to, to submit to, obey, to learn by listening, hear, be told, to apprehend, grasp, to interpret, construe, to understand, infer, conclude, in post-classical Latin also to show partiality or favouritism (Vulgate) < ac- ac- prefix + capere to take (see capture n.). Compare accept adj.In sense 2 after post-classical Latin accipere personam (also accipere personas (Vulgate)), in turn after Hellenistic Greek προσωποληπτεῖν (New Testament), rendering Hebrew nāśā' pānīm , lit. ‘to lift up one's face’: see the etymological note at person n. Compare Middle French, French accepter les personnes (15th cent.).