What is the meaning of accept?

verb

• Consider or hold as true.
  • usage: "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
• Receive willingly something given or offered.
  • usage: "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house"; "Please accept my present"
  • synonyms: take, have
• Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.
  • usage: "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
  • synonyms: consent, go for
• React favorably to; consider right and proper.
  • usage: "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
• Admit into a group or community.
  • usage: "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
  • synonyms: admit, take, take on
• Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
  • usage: "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
  • synonyms: bear, take over, assume
• Tolerate or accommodate oneself to.
  • usage: "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
  • synonyms: live with, swallow
• Be designed to hold or take.
  • usage: "This surface will not take the dye"
  • synonyms: take
• Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.
• Make use of or accept for some purpose.
  • usage: "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
  • synonyms: take
• Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal.
  • usage: "The cow accepted the bull"