[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accept \accept"\ a^kse^pt", 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.
   1913 webster
   1. to receive with a consenting mind something offered; as,
      to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
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            if you accept them, then their worth is great.
                                                  --shak.
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            to accept of ransom for my son.       --milton.
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            she accepted of a treat.              --addison.
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   2. to receive with favor; to approve.
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            the lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. --ps. xx. 3.
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            peradventure he will accept of me. --gen. xxxii. 20.
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   3. to receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, i
      accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
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   4. to take by the mind; to understand; as, how are these
      words to be accepted?
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   5. com. to receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to
      accept a bill of exchange. --bouvier.
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   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
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   syn: to receive; take; admit. see receive.
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see also:
accepted accepting to accept a bill to accept service to accept the person receive 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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,
             recognised
     2: generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted
        interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory" syn: undisputed
     3: generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and
        melody"; "three accepted types of pump"
     4: 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
see also:
recognized recognised undisputed acceptable received 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

138 moby thesaurus words for "accepted":
   christian, acclaimed, accustomed, acknowledged, admired, admitted,
   adopted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, appointed,
   approved, assumed, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed,
   backed, being done, believed, canonical, carried, cathedral,
   certified, chanced, chosen, chronic, comme il faut, conceded,
   confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional,
   correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary,
   de rigueur, decent, decorous, designated, elect, elected,
   elected by acclamation, embraced, endorsed, espoused, established,
   evangelical, everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored,
   favorite, firm, formal, generally accepted, granted, habitual,
   handpicked, highly touted, in good odor, in hand, in process,
   in progress, in the works, literal, magisterial, meet, named,
   nominated, normal, notarized, obtaining, of the faith, official,
   on the anvil, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, passed, picked,
   popular, prescribed, prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper,
   ratified, received, recognized, recommended, regular, regulation,
   right, routine, sanctioned, scriptural, sealed, seemly, select,
   selected, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard, stock, supported,
   sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual, time-honored, traditional,
   traditionalistic, true, true-blue, trusted, unanimously elected,
   uncontested, under way, undertaken, underwritten, undisputed,
   undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, usual, validated, warranted,
   well-thought-of, widespread, wonted

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