·adj Accepted.
II. Accept ·vt To receive with favor; to Approve.
III. Accept ·vt To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
IV. Accept ·vt To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
V. Accept ·vt To take by the mind; to Understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?.
VI. Accept ·vt To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift;
— often followed by of.
VII. Accept ·vt 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.].