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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accept \Ac*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accepted}; p. pr & vb n. {Accepting}.] [F. accepter, L. acceptare freq. of accipere ad + capere to take akin to E. heave.] 1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as to accept a gift; -- often followed by of If you accept them then their worth is great. --Shak. To accept of ransom for my son. --Milton. She accepted of a treat. --Addison. 2. To receive with favor; to approve. The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. --Ps. xx 3. Peradventure he will accept of me --Gen. xxxii 20. 3. To receive or admit and agree to to assent to as I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse. 4. To take by the mind; to understand; as How are these words to be accepted? 5. (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay as to accept a bill of exchange. --Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] {To accept a bill} (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. {To accept service} (Law), to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been {To accept the person} (Eccl.), to show favoritism. ``God accepteth no man's person.'' --Gal. ii 6. Syn: To receive; take admit See {Receive}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accepted adj 1: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: {recognized}] 2: generally accepted or used "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump" 3: generally agreed upon not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory" [syn: {undisputed}] 4: (linguistics) judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage" [syn: {acceptable}] 5: widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent" 6: widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not surveys show otherwise"- Economist [syn: {received}]
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