- (v.t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
- (v.t.) To receive with favor; to approve.
- (v.t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment or excuse.
- (v.t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?.
- (v.t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
- (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.].
- (a.) Accepted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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