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Accept
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(1):
(v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.
(2):
(v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.
(3):
(v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
(4):
(v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
(5):
(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.]
(6):
(a.) Accepted.
(7):
(v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accept'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/accept.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accept'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/accept.html. 1828.
