accept

ac•cept

[[t]ækˈsɛpt[/t]] v. t.

1) to take or receive (something offered)

2) to receive with approval or favor:

to accept a proposal[/ex]

3) to receive or admit as adequate or satisfactory:

to accept an apology[/ex]

4) to respond or answer affirmatively to:

to accept an invitation[/ex]

5) to undertake the duties, responsibilities, or honors of:

to accept the office of president[/ex]

6) to admit formally, as to a college or club

7) to accommodate or reconcile oneself to:

to accept the situation[/ex]

8) to regard as true or sound; believe

9) to regard as normal, suitable, or usual

10) to receive as to meaning; understand

11) bus to agree to pay, as a draft

12) to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.):

This socket won't accept a three-pronged plug[/ex]

13) med to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction

Compare reject 7)

14) to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of)

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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < MF accepter < L acceptāre, freq. of accipere to receive =ac- ac-+-cipere, capere to take ac•cept′er, n.