Accept - Definition

v 1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of
this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: reject]
2: 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" [syn:
accept, take, have] [ant: decline, pass up,
refuse, reject, turn down]
3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot
accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn:
accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse]
4: 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: 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" [syn: accept, admit, take, take
on]
6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the
responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept,
assume]
7: 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" [syn: accept, live with, swallow]
8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the
dye" [syn: accept, take]
9: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
an opportunity" [syn: take, accept]
11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated
mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"