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[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.
      1913 webster

            if you accept them, then their worth is great.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            to accept of ransom for my son.       --milton.
      1913 webster

            she accepted of a treat.              --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. to receive with favor; to approve.
      1913 webster

            the lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. --ps. xx. 3.
      1913 webster

            peradventure he will accept of me. --gen. xxxii. 20.
      1913 webster

   3. to receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, i
      accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
      1913 webster

   4. to take by the mind; to understand; as, how are these
      words to be accepted?
      1913 webster

   5. com. to receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to
      accept a bill of exchange. --bouvier.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   syn: to receive; take; admit. see receive.
        1913 webster
see also:
accepted accepting to accept a bill to accept service to accept the person receive 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
accepting
     adj : tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of
           coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the
           atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and
           accepting"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 moby thesaurus words for "accepting":
   spartan, abject, acquiescent, agreeable, armed with patience,
   assenting, at ease, clement, comfortable, compassionate,
   complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, composed,
   consenting, content, contented, disciplined, easy, easygoing,
   endurant, enduring, eupeptic, euphoric, forbearant, forbearing,
   forgiving, gentle, happy, humane, indulgent, lax, lenient,
   long-suffering, longanimous, merciful, mild, moderate,
   nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obedient,
   of good comfort, passive, patient, patient as job, persevering,
   philosophical, pleased, reconciled, resigned, sans souci,
   satisfied, self-controlled, servile, soft, stoic, submissive,
   subservient, supine, tender, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative,
   unassertive, uncomplaining, understanding, unrepining, unresistant,
   unresisting, without care





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