1. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.2. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.3a. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.b. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.c. To understand as having a specific meaning. 4. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one's fate.5a. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.b. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility). 6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.7. To receive officially: accept the committee's report.8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement. 9.Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English accepten, from Latin acceptre, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Appendix I.
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re, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Appendix I.
