Accept

  • 11accept — accept, except There is little danger of confusion in spoken contexts, since all they have in common is their similar pronunciation in running discourse, but their spelling is open to confusion. David Crystal reports in his book Who Cares About… …

    Modern English usage

  • 12Accept — Ac*cept , a. Accepted. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Accept — Accept, abgekürzt für acceptirt, s.d …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 14Accept — Accept, Acceß etc., s. Akzept, Akzeß etc …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 15Accept — Accept, Acceptation, acceptiren u.s.w. s. Wechsel …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 16accept — (v.) late 14c., to take what is offered, from O.Fr. accepter (14c.) or directly from L. acceptare take or receive willingly, frequentative of accipere receive, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + capere to take (see CAPABLE (Cf. capable …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 17accept — *receive, admit, take Analogous words: *adopt, embrace, espouse: acquiesce, *assent, agree, subscribe Antonyms: reject Contrasted words: *decline, refuse, repudiate, spurn: disavow, disown, disacknowledge (see affirmative verbs at ACKNOWLEDGE): * …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 18accept — ► VERB 1) agree to receive or undertake (something offered or proposed). 2) regard favourably or with approval. 3) believe or receive as valid or correct. 4) take on (a responsibility or liability). 5) tolerate or submit to. DERIVATIVES… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 19Accept — Эта статья  о группе. О заголовке HTTP см. Список заголовков HTTP. Accept …

    Википедия

  • 20accept */*/*/ — UK [əkˈsept] / US verb Word forms accept : present tense I/you/we/they accept he/she/it accepts present participle accepting past tense accepted past participle accepted Get it right: accept: Don t confuse agree and accept. When you want to say… …

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