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