ACCEPT


Meaning of ACCEPT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈsept, ak- also ]

ek- verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French accepter, from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere to receive, from ad- + capere to take — more at heave

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to receive willingly

accept a gift

b. : to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added)

a surface that will not accept ink

2. : to give admittance or approval to

accept her as one of the group

3.

a. : to endure without protest or reaction

accept poor living conditions

b. : to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable

the idea is widely accept ed

c. : to recognize as true : believe

refused to accept the explanation

4.

a. : to make a favorable response to

accept an offer

b. : to agree to undertake (a responsibility)

accept a job

5. : to assume an obligation to pay ; also : to take in payment

we don't accept personal checks

6. : to receive (a legislative report) officially

intransitive verb

: to receive favorably something offered — usually used with of

a heart more disposed to accept of his — Jane Austen

• ac·cept·ing·ly -ˈsep-tiŋ-lē adverb

• ac·cept·ing·ness -tiŋ-nəs noun

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