[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.
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   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.
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   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 

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