1. (

• accept

) consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" ;

2. (

• accept ,
• take ,
• have ,

) receive willingly something given or offered; "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" ;

3. (

• accept ,
• consent ,
• go_for

) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" ;

4. (

• accept ,

) react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" ;

5. (

• accept ,
• admit ,
• take ,
• take_on

) admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" ;

6. (

• bear ,
• take_over ,
• accept ,
• assume ,

) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" ;

7. (

• accept ,
• live_with ,
• swallow ,

) tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" ;

8. (

• accept ,
• take ,

) be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" ;

9. (

• accept ,

) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee ;

10. (

• take ,
• accept ,

) make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" ;

11. (

• accept ,

) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull" ;

1. (

• accepted ,
• recognized ,
• recognised

) generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" ;