English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Accept
(v. t.)
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered);
as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
Accept
(v. t.)
To receive with favor; to approve.
Accept
(v. t.)
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I
accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
Accept
(v. t.)
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these
words to be accepted?
Accept
(v. t.)
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to
accept a bill of exchange.
Accept
(v. t.)
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.]
Accept
(a.)
Accepted.