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ac·cept [ ak sépt ] (past and past participle ac·cept·ed, present participle ac·cept·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cepts)

verb

Definition:

1. transitive verb take something offered: to take something that is offered, e.g. a gift or payment

2. transitive and intransitive verb say yes to invitation: to reply in the affirmative to an invitation or offer

3. transitive verb come to terms with something: to acknowledge a fact or truth and come to terms with it

4. transitive verb endure situation: to tolerate something without protesting or attempting to change it

5. transitive verb believe something: to acknowledge that something is true

6. transitive verb commercial law agree to terms: to indicate formal agreement to the terms and conditions in a contract

7. transitive verb take blame for something: to admit the blame or responsibility for something

8. transitive and intransitive verb take on duty: to agree to take on a duty, responsibility, or position

9. transitive verb process something: to be able to process something or be operated by something

old machines that won't accept the new cards

10. transitive verb allow somebody to join: to allow somebody to join an organization or attend an institution

11. transitive verb be welcoming to somebody: to treat somebody as a member of a group or social circle

12. transitive verb receive for review: to receive something such as a report for official action or review

[14th century. Via French accepter< Latin acceptare< accipere "take to (yourself)" < capere "take"]

ac·cept·ed adjective

Word Usage


	accept or except? Do not confuse these two, even though they have similar pronunciations. Accept is a verb only; it means variously "to take something offered," "to believe something," and "to agree to something," as in We cannot accept [not except] such a lame excuse.Except can work as a preposition meaning "to the exclusion of," "excluding," as in All students except [not accept] the freshmen are eligible. It is also a conjunction meaning "if it were not for the fact that" and "otherwise than," as in I would have finished the course except [not accept] that I became ill at the end of the semester.The demonstrators did not quiet down except [not accept] to regroup and plan their next move. Finally, it is a verb used most often in the passive voice in the meaning "to leave out or exclude," as in Only children were excepted [not accepted] from attendance.