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accept

Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛpt/

The English word “accept” has 13 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
  2. To admit to a place or a group.
  3. To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
  4. To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
  5. To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
  6. To endure patiently.
  7. To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
  8. To agree to pay.
  9. To receive officially.
  10. To receive something willingly.
  11. To do a service done by an establishment.

adjective

  1. Accepted.

noun

  1. Something that is accepted.

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.

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