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Verb: accept ak'sept- Consider or hold as true
"I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" - Receive willingly something given or offered
"Please accept my present" - take, have - Give an affirmative reply to; respond favourably to
"I cannot accept your invitation" - consent, go for - React favourably to; consider right and proper
"People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" - Admit into a group or community
"accept students for graduate study" - admit, take, take on - Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges" - bear, take over, assume - Tolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions" - live with, swallow - Be designed to hold or take
- take - Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
- Make use of or accept for some purpose
- take - Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
"The cow accepted the bull"
Sounds like: except Derived forms: accepts, accepting, accepted See also: acceptable, acceptance, acceptant, acceptation, acceptive Type of: abide, acquire, be, bear, brook, digest, endure, evaluate, get, have, judge, pass judgment, put up, react, receive, respond, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, take, tolerate Antonym: refuse, reject Encyclopedia: Accept |