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Accept
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1. accept
consider or hold as true
Example Sentences:'I cannot accept the dogma of this church''accept an argument'
receive willingly something given or offered
Example Sentences:'The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter''I won't have this dog in my house!''Please accept my present'
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Example Sentences:'I cannot accept your invitation''I go for this resolution'
4. accept
react favorably to; consider right and proper
Example Sentences:'People did not accept atonal music at that time''We accept the idea of universal health care'
5. accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community
Example Sentences:'accept students for graduate study''We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member'
6. accept, assume, bear, take over
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Example Sentences:'I'll accept the charges''She agreed to bear the responsibility'
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
Example Sentences:'I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions''I swallowed the insult''She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies'
9. accept
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10. accept, take
make use of or accept for some purpose
Example Sentences:'take a risk''take an opportunity'
11. accept
be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
Example Sentences:'The cow accepted the bull'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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