accept

accept has 18 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
• v. t.. To receive with favor; to approve.
• v. t.. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
• v. t.. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
• v. t.. To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
• v. t.. 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.]
• a.. Accepted.
• v.. 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"
• v.. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
• v.. be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
• v.. react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
• v.. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"