to agree to receive (something offered)
to agree to (something)
They accepted her invitation
to be able or be designed to take or hold (something applied or inserted)
The machine accepts only coins
to give admittance or approval to (somebody)
They accepted her as one of the group
to endure (something) without protest; to accommodate oneself to (a situation)
They have to accept poor living conditions
to regard (something) as proper, normal, or inevitable
to recognize (something) as true, factual, or adequate
He refused to accept my explanation
to undertake (an obligation or responsibility)
acceptance noun
acceptor noun
[Middle English accepten via early French from Latin acceptare, from accipere to receive, from ad- + capere to take]