Accept /(ăk*sĕpt")/

Ac·cept

Accept

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Accepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accepting

  1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
    If you accept them, then their worth is great.
    To accept of ransom for my son.
    She accepted of a treat.
  2. To receive with favor; to approve.
    The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
    — Ps. xx. 3.
    Peradventure he will accept of me.
    — Gen. xxxii. 20.
  3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
  4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
  5. To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. (Com.)
  6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

Phrases & Compounds
To accept a bill
to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.
To accept service
to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.
To accept the person
to show favoritism.

Accept

a.
  1. Accepted. [Obs.]