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accept

(/&/k's/E/pt )

adjective (a)

Accepted.(adjective)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

consider or hold as true(verb.cognition)

Example:
I cannot accept the dogma of this church.
Accept an argument.

Antonym:
reject

source: wordnet30
receive willingly something given or offered(verb.possession)

Example:
Please accept my present.

Synonym:
have, take
Antonym:
decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down

source: wordnet30
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to(verb.communication)

Example:
I cannot accept your invitation.

Synonym:
consent, go for
Antonym:
decline, refuse

source: wordnet30
react favorably to; consider right and proper(verb.cognition)

Example:
People did not accept atonal music at that time.
We accept the idea of universal health care.

source: wordnet30
admit into a group or community(verb.possession)

Example:
Accept students for graduate study.

Synonym:
admit, take, take on

source: wordnet30
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person(verb.possession)

Example:
I'll accept the charges.

Synonym:
assume, bear, take over

source: wordnet30
tolerate or accommodate oneself to(verb.cognition)

Example:
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions.

Synonym:
live with, swallow

source: wordnet30
be designed to hold or take(verb.stative)

Synonym:
take

source: wordnet30
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
make use of or accept for some purpose(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal(verb.cognition)

Example:
The cow accepted the bull.

source: wordnet30
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.(verb)

source: webster1913

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