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transitive verb1 a: to receive willingly <accept a gift> b: to be able or designed to take or hold (something applied or added) <a surface that will not accept ink>2: to give admittance or approval to <accept her as one of the group>3 a: to endure without protest or reaction <accept poor living conditions> b: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable <the idea is widely accepted> c: to recognize as true : believe <refused to accept the explanation>4 a: to make a favorable response to <accept an offer> b: to agree to undertake (a responsibility) <accept a job>5: to assume an obligation to pay
; also : to take in payment <we don't accept personal checks>6: to receive (a legislative report) officiallyintransitive verb: to receive favorably something offered —usually used with of<a heart more disposed to accept of his
— Jane Austen>
— ac·cept·ing·ly
\-ˈsep-tiŋ-lē\
adverb
— ac·cept·ing·ness
\-tiŋ-nəs\
noun
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