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Quick definitions from WordNet (accept)
▸ verb: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
▸ verb: receive willingly something given or offered ("Please accept my present")
▸ verb: admit into a group or community ("Accept students for graduate study")
▸ verb: be designed to hold or take
▸ verb: tolerate or accommodate oneself to ("I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions")
▸ verb: consider or hold as true ("I cannot accept the dogma of this church")
▸ verb: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal ("The cow accepted the bull")
▸ verb: react favorably to; consider right and proper ("People did not accept atonal music at that time")
▸ verb: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to ("I cannot accept your invitation")
▸ verb: make use of or accept for some purpose
▸ verb: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person ("I'll accept the charges")
▸ Also see accepts
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▸ verb: of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
▸ verb: receive willingly something given or offered ("Please accept my present")
▸ verb: admit into a group or community ("Accept students for graduate study")
▸ verb: be designed to hold or take
▸ verb: tolerate or accommodate oneself to ("I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions")
▸ verb: consider or hold as true ("I cannot accept the dogma of this church")
▸ verb: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal ("The cow accepted the bull")
▸ verb: react favorably to; consider right and proper ("People did not accept atonal music at that time")
▸ verb: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to ("I cannot accept your invitation")
▸ verb: make use of or accept for some purpose
▸ verb: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person ("I'll accept the charges")
▸ Also see accepts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to accept
▸ Usage examples for accept
▸ Idioms related to accept (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near accept
▸ Rhymes of accept
▸ Invented words related to accept