accept

accept [ak sept′, əksept′]

vt.

[ME accepten < OFr accepter < L acceptare < pp. stem of accipere < ad-, to + capere, to take: see HAVE]

1. to take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly

2. to receive favorably; approve [to accept a theory]

3. to submit to; be resigned to [he had to accept defeat]

4. to believe in

5. to understand as having a certain meaning

6. to respond to in the affirmative [to accept an invitation]

7. to admit as a student, member, etc.

8. to agree to take the responsibilities of (a job, office, etc.)

9. to receive (a committee report) as satisfactory according to parliamentary procedure

10. Business to agree, as by a signed promise, to pay

11. Law to receive with intent to retain and adopt

vi.

to accept something offered

SYN.- RECEIVE

accepter

n.