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- Definition
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- accept :consider or hold as true
- I cannot accept the dogma of this church|accept an argument
- accept :receive willingly something given or offered
- 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
- accept :give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
- I cannot accept your invitation|I go for this resolution
- accept :react favorably to; consider right and proper
- People did not accept atonal music at that time|We accept the idea of universal health care
- accept :admit into a group or community
- accept students for graduate study|We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
- accept :take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- I'll accept the charges|She agreed to bear the responsibility
- accept :tolerate or accommodate oneself to
- I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions|I swallowed the insult|She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
- accept :be designed to hold or take
- This surface will not take the dye