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accept

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Etymology

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    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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    accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)

    1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:3:
        Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice.
      • 1714 August 25, Joseph Addison, “The Sequel of the Story of Shalum and Hilpa”, in The Spectator, number 585; republished in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq, volume 4, London: Jacob Tonson, 1721, page 112:
        The Chinese say, that a little time afterwards she accepted of a treat in one of the neighbouring hills to which Shalum had invited her.
      • 1842, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter III, in Zanoni. […], volume I, London: Saunders & Otley, […], →OCLC, 2nd book (Art, Love, and Wonder), page 151:
        I bid thee banish from thy heart all thought of me, but as one whom the Future cries aloud to thee to avoid. Glyndon, if thou acceptest his homage, will love thee till the tomb closes upon both.
    2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
      The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
    3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
      I accept the notion that Christ lived.
      I can't accept nothing being done about the problem and your standing idly by.
    4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
    5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
      I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
    6. (transitive) To endure patiently.
      I accept my punishment.
    7. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
      We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.
    8. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
    9. (transitive) To receive officially.
      to accept the report of a committee
    10. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
    11. (Philippines) To do a service done by an establishment.
      We accept repairs.
      We accept bookbinding.

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of accept
    infinitive (to) accept
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular accept accepted
    2nd-person singular accept, acceptest† accepted, acceptedst†
    3rd-person singular accepts, accepteth† accepted
    plural accept
    subjunctive accept accepted
    imperative accept —
    participles accepting accepted

    † Archaic or obsolete.

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    • ⇒ Tok Pisin: akseptim

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    Adjective

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    accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

    1. (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.

    Noun

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    accept (plural accepts)

    1. (computing) Something that is accepted.
      Antonym: reject
      • 1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127:
        Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.

    Noun

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    accept n (plural accepte)

    1. acceptance
    Declension
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    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative accept acceptul accepte acceptele
    genitive-dative accept acceptului accepte acceptelor
    vocative acceptule acceptelor

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    Verb

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    accept

    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of accepta

    Scots

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    accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle acceptin, simple past and past participle acceptit)

    1. accept

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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Latin acceptum, from accipere.

    Noun

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    accept c

    1. (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
    2. (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange

    Declension

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    Declension of accept
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite accept accepts
    definite accepten acceptens
    plural indefinite accepter accepters
    definite accepterna accepternas
    Declension of accept
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite accept accepts
    definite acceptet acceptets
    plural indefinite — —
    definite — —

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