Accept

Definitions: Accept

Accept

Verb

1. Consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument".

2. 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".

3. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to: "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution".

4. React favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care".

5. 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".

6. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility".

7. 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 idiosyncracies".

8. Be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye".

9. Of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.

10. : make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity".

11. : be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull".

Date "accept" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Accept Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned. Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2). (1994-11-08). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Industry	Material which has not been removed as reject in stock cleaning or pulp cleaning. Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	The condition assumed by a(primary or secondary)station upon accepting a correctly received frame for processing. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ACCEPT	English	Alert Concerted Cooperation in a European Pilot for TMC	Transportation
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Accept

Synonyms: admit (v), assume (v), bear (v), consent (v), go for (v), have (v), live with (v), swallow (v), take (v), take on (v), take over (v). (additional references)

Antonyms: refuse (v), reject (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Assent	Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.
Consent	Verb: consent; assent; yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.
Content	Take up with, take in good part; accept, tolerate; consent; acquiesce, assent; be reconciled to, make one's peace with; get over it; take heart, take comfort; put up with; (bear).
Interpretation	Take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.
Receiving	Take in, catch, touch; pocket; put into one's pocket, put into one's purse; accept; take off one's hands.
Resignation	Abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.
Security	Guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure; accept, indorse, underwrite, insure;cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor.
Taking	Verb: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I can't accept this! (Artificial Intelligence: AI; writing credit: Ian Watson) You won't accept a guy's tongue in your mouth, and you're going to eat that? (The Breakfast Club ; writing credit: John Hughes) But why doesn't he let them accept their fate? (Dinosaur; writing credit: Walon Green; Thom Enriquez)
Lyrics	And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone ("The Times They Are A-Changin'"; performing artist: Bob Dylan) Please accept my apology ("I'm Sorry"; performing artist: Brenda Lee) There is a blue one who can't accept the green one ("Everyday People"; performing artist: Sly & The Family Stone)
Movie/TV Titles	Helping the Child to Accept the Do's (1948)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Always Accept Me for Who I Am: Instructions from Teenagers on Raising the Perfect Parent by 147 Teens Who Know (reference) Don`t Accept Me As I Am (reference) Gifts from a Course in Miracles: Accept This Gift, a Gift of Peace, a Gift of Healing (reference) I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence (reference) Looking Good at Any Age : A Woman Dermatologist Talks to Women About What to Expect, What to Accept, What Can Be Changed (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	How to Persuade, Answer Questions, and Accept Awards (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Please Accept My Ears!-Violin (reference) Original Delaney & Bonnie: Accept No Substitute (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Ann Landers	Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Charles Baudelaire	Any man who does not accept the conditions of human life sells his soul.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.
Freya Stark	We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease.
Goethe	To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.
Michael Korda	To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Accept your genius and say what you think.
Walt Whitman	I accept reality and dare not question it.
	Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The Allied and Associated Powers reserve the right to accept or not the enjoyment of these rights and advantages. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Oh! that I had been satisfied with persuading her not to accept young Martin.
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	I have made up my mind to accept a post in India, that has been offered me.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The colonel did wrong perhaps to accept these conditions, but he submitted to them, thinking that he was doing right, and sacrificing himself alone.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Call him again, sweet Prince, accept their suit.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I desired the Captain would please to accept this ring in return of his civilities, which he absolutely refused.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This can be hard for many to accept. (references)
		This may require a lifestyle adjustment that may be hard for a child to understand or accept. (references)
		Others may benefit from psychological counseling to help them to accept and live with their voice problem. (references)
Business		It is polite to accept a drink with your host. (references)
		These firms also operate landfill sites that are licensed to accept treated hazardous waste. (references)
		But foreign-funded banks are not allowed to accept renminbi deposits or make renminbi loans. (references)
Children	Indonesia	These schools accept children from throughout the country. (references)
	Taiwan	In January a hot line was established to accept complaints of child abuse and offer counseling. (references)
	Trinidad and Tobago	If there is no relative who can take them, there are several government institutions and NGO's that accept children for placement. (references)
Civil Liberties	Panama	Bernal requested that the judge accept 37 witnesses; however, the judge rejected 34 of them. (references)
	Bangladesh	They later declined to accept Bangladesh citizenship and asked to be repatriated to Pakistan. (references)
	Brazil	Media and free speech advocates generally accept the manner in which the campaign laws are enforced. (references)
Economic History	Benin	ALL THESE JOURNALS ACCEPT PAID ADVERTISING. (references)
	Oman	Oman's English and Arabic language newspapers accept advertising. (references)
	Nepal	The bureaucracy is generally reluctant to accept legal precedents. (references)
Human Rights	Pakistan	Police accept money for registering cases on false charges and torture innocent citizens. (references)
	Cameroon	Gendarmes tortured Apah for days to force him to accept responsibility for the pregnancy. (references)
	Slovak Republic	The Slovak bar association is preparing a program to encourage lawyers to accept pro-bono cases. (references)
Indigenous People	Guyana	It also prohibits the sale of alcohol to Amerindians and requires government permission before any Amerindian may accept formal employment; however, these provisions are not enforced. (references)
Minorities	Dominican Republic	Some civil registry offices do not accept late declarations of birth for children of Haitian immigrants, although they routinely accept late declarations for children of Dominican parents. (references)
	Yugoslavia	However, during the year, the Serbian authorities began to accept credentials issued in Kosovo for ethnic-Albanians who completed their education in the previously unrecognized parallel education system, but the process was very time-consuming. (references)
Political Economy	Mongolia	The Minister of Defense is a civilian (who retired from the military to accept the position). (references)
	RUSSIA	Russian regulatory bodies also generally refuse to accept foreign testing centers' data or certificates. (references)
	Thailand	All Thai parties accept working within a framework of democratic principles and free enterprise economics. (references)
Political Rights	Ethiopia	There were instances in which the NEB had to force local authorities to accept nominations. (references)
	Somalia	Yusuf refused to accept the decision, and in December he militarily seized Garowe, reportedly with Ethiopian support. (references)
	Congo	Despite the Government's effort to control the National Consultation, the body did not accept the Government's agenda. (references)
Trade	Bulgaria	EXIM will also accept a guarantee from Sofia Municipality. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	However, SASO will accept electrical products as low as 120 volts, 60 Hertz. (references)
	Ecuador	Most banks abroad will not accept Letters of Credit connected to Ecuadorian banks. (references)
Travel	Ireland	Irish banks may not accept US$100 bills. (references)
	Philippines	Important guests accept requests to sing. (references)
	Spain	Some public phones also accept commercial credit cards. (references)
Women	Nicaragua	On October 19, the IACHR decided to accept the Narvaez case and was investigating it at year's end. (references)
	Yemen	The family's refusal to accept the woman back into the home also may deter divorce, as few other options are available to women. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Women may not accept jobs in rural areas if there are no adult male kin present with whom they may reside and who agree to take responsibility for them. (references)
Worker Rights	El Salvador	One pregnant woman refused to accept severance pay. (references)
	Kuwait	Employers often exploit workers' willingness to accept substandard conditions. (references)
	China	Some accept their fate and join the new community; others struggle and are punished. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Beth Veglahn	I just wouldn't accept his phone calls. I told him to stay away from me. I put in a restraining order against him, just stayed away from him.
Donald Rumsfeld	You bet. You bet we are. And the things that are classified ought not to be given to anybody accept those that are cleared for classified information.
Julie Andrews	Mostly, I just got up and said that I was thrilled and honored to have been nominated, but in the light of the way I felt and in order to support my company, I felt I couldn't accept it.
Lin Wood	They've used polygraphs on some individuals, I'm told. The Ramseys did not accept their offer to take an FBI polygraph.
Priscilla Presley	That was a way of life. I didn't know anything from then on after that. I didn't look at it that way. That was how he, you know, he got around and he had his entourage. It was just his way of life. I had to accept that. I certainly couldn't change it.
Robert Novak	Mr. Daniels, the veteran watchdog organization, the National Taxpayers Union, doesn't quite accept the president's posture as the guardian of fiscal responsibility.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The agent destined to reside in Great Britain declining to accept the appointment, the business has consequently devolved on the minister of the United States in London, and will command his attention until a new agent shall be appointed.
James Madison	1809-1817	A departure from our protracted forbearance to accept the services tendered by them has thus been forced upon us.
Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	We accept the man as a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, and he assumes the duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to what they are.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	I accept it with a deep resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	For if we cannot fulfill our own ideals here, we cannot expect others to accept them.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	This Nation simply cannot accept anything less without jeopardizing the lives of our men and of our allies.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Sir Winston Churchill refused to accept the inevitability of war or even that it was imminent.
George Bush	1989-1993	Accept our thanks for the peace that yields this day and the shared faith that makes its continuance likely.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	One year ago I asked you to join me and accept responsibility for the future of our country.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	America will not accept a serious and mounting threat to our country, and our friends and our allies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Accept" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 77.59% of the time. "Accept" is used about 9,797 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	77.59%	7,601	1,271
Lexical Verb (base form)	22.39%	2,194	4,001
Unclassified Items	0.02%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	9,797	N/A

Expressions using "accept": accept a gift ♦ accept a job ♦ accept a position ♦ accept an invitation ♦ accept an offer ♦ accept as collateral ♦ accept for ♦ accept for party ♦ accept my heartfelt sympathy! ♦ accept or reject ♦ accept responsibility ♦ accept responsibility for ♦ accept risks ♦ accept smb.'s authority ♦ accept smb.'s duty ♦ accept someone's authority ♦ accept the fact ♦ accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds ♦ accept the truth ♦ can you accept ..? ♦ i can't accept that ♦ no admittance accept on business ♦ nothing remains but to accept ♦ To accept a bill ♦ To accept service ♦ To accept the person. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "accept"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		neem (get, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, receive, take, take in), aanvaar (receive, take, take in), aanneem (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Albanian		pranoj (acknowledge, admit, adopt, agree, allow, avouch, buy, concede, confess, countenance, grant, own, permit, receive, recognize, take, take in, take on, underwrite, wear). (various references)

Arabic		‏فهم (apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, conception, discern, discernment, grasp, hear, hear of, intelligence, know, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understanding, understood), ‏لبي (fleshy, pulpy), ‏قبل (accede, admit, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), ‏وافق (accede, accord, agree, approbate, approve, assent, assert, compound, consent, fit, grant, jump, nod, ok, okay, okey), ‏سلم (admit, agree, allow, commit, consign, deliver, give in, grant, hand over, hierarchy, ladder, postulate, presume, recognize, render, resign, rung, salaam, salute, scale, secure, stair, staircase, stairway, submit, transmit, turn in, turn over), ‏صدق (approve, assent, attest, believe, certify, confirm, credit, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okay, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, veracity, verity), ‏أقر (agree, avow, confess, deposit, endorse, indorse), ‏رضى (be content with, cater for, feed, get on with smth., gratify, please, pleasure, sate, satisfy, tickle, unhand). (various references)

Aymara		iyausaña (to accept). (various references)

Blackfoot		otáatomo (to accept). (various references)

Bulgarian		съгласявам се с (fall in with, go along with smb., subscribe to, uphold), търпя (abide, admit, bear, digest, endure, play along, put up with, stick, suffer, support, tolerate), акцептирам (honor, honour), примирявам се (acquiesce, be reconciled, put up with, resign), признавам (accredit, acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confess, find, homologate, own, profess, recognize, vote), приемам (acknowledge, admit, adopt, allow, assume, buy, concede, cotton, embrace, enrol, enroll, entertain, grant, induct, meet, postulate, premise, purchase, receive, recognize, see, stomach, take up, uphold, yield), поемам (absorb, defray, draw, hit, receive, strike, take, take in), допускам (admit, allow, assume, bear, concede, permit, suppose, tolerate). (various references)

Catalan		acceptar (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Chinese		接受 (Accepted, Accepting, receive, received, Receiving), 採納 (adopt), 將就 (put up with). (various references)

Czech		akceptovat (honor, honour), vzít (capture, take), uznat (acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, place, recognize), přijmout (adopt, assume, embrace, receive, see, take up). (various references)

Danish		modtage (get, have, receive, receiving, take, take in). (various references)

Dutch		accepteren (receive, take, take in), aanvaarden (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Esperanto		akceptas. (various references)

Faeroese		viðurkenna (acknowledge, appreciate, approve, receive, recognize, take, take in), taka við (receive, take, take in), taka ímóti (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Farsi		پسندیدن (Allow, Choose), پذیرفتن (Admit, Allow, Embrace, Hear, Listen, Matriculate, Receive, Vouchsafe), قبول کردن (Accord, Adopt, Entertain, Matriculate), قبول شدن (Pass). (various references)

Finnish		ottaa vastaan (receive, take, take in). (various references)

French		accepter (accede), admettre (accede, acknowledge). (various references)

Frisian		oannimme (adopt, receive, take, take in), oanfurdigje (receive, take, take in). (various references)

German		entgegennehmen (receive), einsehen (observe, recognize, see), annehmen (acquire, adopt, approve, assume, assumes, contract, embrace, guess, honor, honour, imagine, imbibe, pass, presume, receive, sanctify, suppose, take, take in, take on, to adopt, to assume, to expect, to suppose). (various references)

Greek		παραδέχομαι (admit, allow, concede, confess), αποδέχομαι (accede, adopt, consent), δέχομαι (agree, allow, close with, receive). (various references)

Hawaiian		pranoj (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Hebrew		לקבל (acquire, come by, get, obtain, receive, take, take on), ל�"שלים עם (agree), ל�"סכים (accede, accord, agree, approve, assent, consent, grant, subscribe). (various references)

Hungarian		elfogad (acknowledge, adapt, adopt, receive, recognize, take, take in, to adopt, to pass, to receive, to take for granted, to take from). (various references)

Icelandic		samþykkja (accord, agree, come to an agreement, receive, take, take in), þakka (receive, take, take in, thank). (various references)

Indonesian		terima (acceptance), menyetujui (accede, accord, acquiescent, adopt, agree, approve, approving, assent), mengabulkan (accede, grant), menerima (receive). (various references)

Irish		glac (receive, take, take in), faomh (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Italian		accettare (acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, follow, receive, take, take in, welcome), accogliere (admit, agree to, allow, grant, Harbor, harbour, receive, sustain, take, take in, welcome). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アクセス番組 (accelerator, accent, acceptance, access program, accessing, accessoiriste). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		アクセプト . (various references)

Korean		받아�"�이십시�". (various references)

Lombard		accett� (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Malay		terima (get, have, receive, take, take in), menerima (get, have, receive, take, take in). (various references)

Manx		soiaghey jeh (acceptance, esteem, set). (various references)

Maya		eehent (to accept). (various references)

Norwegian		godta (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Papago		behe (to accept). (various references)

Papiamen		aseptá (receive, take, take in), akseptá (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Pidgin English		take (to, to accept, to take), dey (am, are, day, do, doing, going to, is, to accept, will). (various references)

Pig Latin		acceptay.(various references)

Polish		przyjmować. (various references)

Portuguese		aceite (acceptance, acceptance letter, bank acceptance, bank bill, banker's acceptance), aceitar (adhere, admit, adopt, assume, have, huge, receive, subscribe, take, take in, take on, undertake). (various references)

Romanian		primi (derive, draw, embrace, entertain, get, have, let in, receive, take, take in), accepta (abide by, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, approve, assent, assume, carry down, embrace, grant, hold, honor, honour, postulate, protect, receive, take, take in, take on). (various references)

Romansch		acceptar (to accept). (various references)

Russian		принимать (accepted, adopt, assume, embrace, incorporate, pass, receive, receive a visit, take in, take on, take over, take up). (various references)

Scottish		gabh (admit of, get, go, lay hold of, pick up, proceed, receive, sing, take). (various references)

Sepedi		amogela (to accept). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uvažavati (respect), priznavati (avouch), pristati (accede, agree, assent, comply, consent, dock, go in, side), primiti (admit, receive, take, take it into, take on, take over, welcome), prihvatiti (adopt, go for, hive). (various references)

Shona		-gashira (to accept). (various references)

Sicilian		accittari (to accept). (various references)

Spanish		aceptar (accepts, admit, adopt, agree, allow, digest, embrace, fall in, honor, honour, identify, lap up, receive, say yes to, see, take, take in, take on, take up), tomar (catch, draw, draw in, drink, eat, engulf, get, have, impound, lay hold of, lift out, live, live off, live on, live through, pick up, receive, reduce, strike, swallow up, take, take in, take on, take out, take up, take upon, taking, throw out, to have, to take, touch, treat, understand), admitir (acknowledge, admit, admit of, allow, allow of, allow out, avow, bear, concede, confess, initiate, receive, recognize, take, take in, tell). (various references)

Swahili		pokea (receive, take, take in). (various references)

Swedish		godtaga (approve), antaga (admit, adopt, approve, assume, embrace, engage, expect, put on, suppose, take, take on), anamma (appropriate, get, have, receive), acceptera (approve, take). (various references)

Tagalog		tanggapín (get, have, receive, take, take in). (various references)

Turkish		kabul etmek (accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), almak (accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references)

Turkmen		kabul etmek. (various references)

Ukranian		визнавати (account, acknowledge, admit, allow, avouch, avow, confess, declare, own, recognize), приймати (adopt, assume, embrace, initiate, receive, take in, take on, take over, tidy), припускати (acknowledge, admit, concede, conjecture, infer, presume, propose, surmise, understand), погоджуватися (accede, admit, allow, comply, concede, concur, consent, give in, grant, hold with, homologate), допускати (admit, admit to, allow, allow of, own, permit, suppose). (various references)

Welsh		hwde (take), derbyn yn gymeradwy, derbyn (admit, meet, receive), cymryd (get, lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references)

Zulu		-amukela (receive, take, take in). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	�u . . . ti. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	acceperant, acceperat, acceperim, acceperint, acceperis, acceperit, acceperitis, accepero, acceperunt, acceperuntque, accepi, accepimus, accepisse, accepisset, accepissetis, accepisti, accepistis, accepit, accepitque, accepta, acceptam, acceptamque, acceptare, acceptas, accepti, acceptis, acceptisque, accepto, acceptum, accepturi, accepturum, accepturus, acceptus, accipe, accipere, acciperem, acciperemus, acciperent, acciperet, accipiam, accipiamus, accipiant, accipias, accipiat, accipiatis, accipiatur, accipiebant, accipiebat, accipiemus, accipiendo, accipiendum, accipiens, accipient, accipientem, accipientes, accipientque, accipies, accipiesque, accipiet, accipietis, accipimus, accipio, accipis, accipit, accipite, accipitis, accipiunt, conprobati, conprobatum, conprobent, norant, norunt, nosse, nossent, nosset, nosti, nostis, nota, notae, notam, notas, noti, notis, noto, notos, notum, notus, noverant, noverat, noverim, noverint, noveris, noverit, noveritis, noverunt, novi, novimus, novisset, novisti, novit, receperit, recepistis, recepto, receptum, recipere, reciperet, recipero, recipiat, recipies, recipiet, susceperant, susceperat, suscepere, susceperint, susceperis, susceperit, susceperunt, susceperuntque, suscepi, suscepimus, suscepisse, suscepisset, suscepisti, suscepistis, suscepit, suscepta, susceptamque, susceptaque, suscepti, suscepto, susceptoria, susceptum, susceptumque, suscepturi, susceptus, suscipe, suscipere, susciperent, susciperes, suscipiam, suscipiamus, suscipiant, suscipias, suscipiat, suscipiatis, suscipiebant, suscipiendam, suscipiendos, suscipiens, suscipiensque, suscipient, suscipientes, suscipies, suscipiesque, suscipiet, suscipietis, suscipietque, suscipietur, suscipimus, suscipio, suscipit, suscipite, suscipitis, suscipiunt. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	vîs-1. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	onfon. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	avouer. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	PollhV eirhnhV tugcanonteV dia sou kai katorqwmatwn ginomenwn tw eqnei toutw dia thV shV pronoiaV panth te kai pantacou apodecomeqa kratiste fhlix meta pashV eucaristiaV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Semper et ubique suscipimus optime Felix cum omni gratiarum actione
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thou best Felix, we han resseyued with al doyng of thankingis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	That alowe we ever and in all places most myghty Felix with all thankes.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 24, Verse 3
Albanian	''Fort i shkëlqyeri Feliks, ne e pranojmë në gjithçka e për gjithçka dhe me mirënjohje të thellë se paqja të cilën gëzojmë dhe reformat dobiprurëse që janë zbatuar për këtë komb janë vepër e masave të tua largpamëse.
Bulgarian	то ние с пълна благодарност по всякакъв начин и всякъде посрещаме това.
Cebuano	nan, sa tanang paagi ug sa bisan diin, among ginadawat kini uban sa bug-os nga pagkamapasalamaton.
Chinese	�" 力斯大人、我們 � � 得以大享太平、並 �" 這一國的弊病、 � 著 � 的先見、得以更正了．我們隨時隨地、滿心感謝不盡。
Croatian	u svemu i posvuda primamo sa svom zahvalnošæu.
Danish	"At vi ved dig nyde megen Fred, og at Forbedringer i alle Retninger og alle Vegne skaffes dette Folk ved din Omsorg, mægtigste Feliks! det erkende vi med al Taknemmelighed.
Dutch	Dat wij grote vrede door u bekomen, en dat vele loffelijke diensten dezen volke geschieden door uw voorzichtigheid, machtigste Felix, nemen wij ganselijk en overal met alle dankbaarheid aan.
Finnish	"Runsasta rauhaa me olemme sinun kauttasi, korkea-arvoinen Feeliks, saaneet nauttia, ja sinun huolenpidostasi on parannuksia aikaansaatu tämän kansan hyväksi, sen me kaikin puolin ja kaikkialla ja kaikella kiitollisuudella tunnustamme.
French	Très excellent Félix, tu nous fais jouir d`une paix profonde, et cette nation a obtenu de salutaires réformes par tes soins prévoyants; c`est ce que nous reconnaissons en tout et partout avec une entière gratitude.
German	Daß wir im großen Frieden leben unter dir und viel Wohltaten diesem Volk widerfahren durch dein Fürsichtigkeit, allerteuerster Felix, das nehmen wir an allewege und allenthalben mit aller Dankbarkeit.
Haitian Creole	Pou tou sa w'ap fè depi lontan toupatou, n'ap di ou mèsi anpil ak tout kè nou.
Hungarian	Nagyságos Félix, teljes háládatossággal ismerjük el, hogy te általad nagy békességet nyerünk, és a te gondoskodásod folytán igen jó intézkedések történnek e népre nézve, minden tekintetben és mindenütt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Semuanya itu kami sambut selalu dengan terima kasih dan penghargaan yang setinggi-tingginya di mana pun juga.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka senantiasalah barang di mana-mana pun hamba sekalian menyambut semuanya itu dengan beberapa syukur.
Italian	«La lunga pace di cui godiamo grazie a te e le riforme che ci sono state in favore di questo popolo grazie alla tua provvidenza, le accogliamo in tutto e per tutto, eccellentissimo Felice, con profonda gratitudine.
Korean	` 벨 릭 스 각 하 여 우 리 가 당 � 을 힘 입 어 태 평 을 누 리 � 또 이 민 족 이 당 � 의 � 견 을 인 하 여 여 러 가 지 로 개 량 된 것 을 우 리 가 어 느 모 양 으 로 나 어 느 곳 에 서 나 감 사 무 지 하 옵 나 이 다
Latvian	Visteicamâkais Fçliks! Un mçs vienmçr un visur to visâ pateicîbâ atzîstam.
Maori	Nui atu ta matou whakawhetai mo aua mea ka riro mai nei i a matou, i nga wa katoa, i nga wahi katoa, e Pirika, e te tangata pai rawa.
Modern Greek	κατα παντα και πανταχου ευγνωμονουμεν, κρατιστε Φηλιξ, μετα πασης ευχαριστιας.
Norwegian	Da vi har dig å takke for megen fred, og da ved din omsorg forbedringer i alle måter og på alle steder blir dette folk til del, så skjønner vi på dette, mektigste Feliks, med all takksigelse.
Portuguese	em tudo e em todo lugar reconhecemo-lo com toda a gratidão, ó excelentíssimo Félix.
Rumanian	Lucrul acesta kl mqrturisim cu toatq mulyqmita, kn toatq vremea wi kn tot locul.
Russian	ЧУЕЗ�"Б Й ЧЕЪ�"Е УП ЧУСЛПА �'МБЗП�"БТОПУФША � ТЙЪОБЈН НЩ, ЮФП ФЕ�'Е, �"ПУФП� ПЮФЕООЩК жЕМЙЛУ, П�'СЪБОЩ НЩ НОПЗЙН НЙТПН, Й ФЧПЕНХ � П� ЕЮЕОЙА �'МБЗПХУФТПЕОЙЕН УЕЗП ОБТП�"Б.
Shuar	Tuma asakmin iisha Ashí matsatmanum tuke tsawant ti shiir yuminsamajme, uunta.
Spanish	oh excelentísimo Félix, siempre y en todo lugar lo aceptamos con toda gratitud.
Swahili	Tunalipokea jambo hili kwa furaha daima na kutoa shukrani nyingi kwako kila mahali.
Swedish	"Att vi genom dig åtnjuta mycken frid och ro, och att genom din försorg, ädle Felix, goda åtgärder hava blivit vidtagna för detta folk, det erkänna vi på allt sätt och allestädes, med många tacksägelser. >Apg. 23,24 f.
Thai	ข้าพเจ้าทั้งหลายรับอยู่ทุกประการทุกแห่ง�"้วยจิตกตัญญูเป็นที่ยิ่ง
Ukrainian	це ми завжди і скрізь визна�"мо з подякою щирою, вседостойний наш Феліксе!
Uma	Hawe'ea toe kitu'u oa' hi lolo tanuana' -kai, pai' uma ria kaputua-nakai mpo'uli' wori' wori' tarima kasi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "accept": acceptabilities, acceptability, acceptable, acceptableness, acceptablenesses, acceptably, acceptance, acceptances, acceptant, acceptation, acceptations, accepted, acceptedly, acceptee, acceptees, accepter, accepters, accepting, acceptingly, acceptingness, acceptingnesses, acceptive, acceptor, acceptors, accepts. (additional references)
	Words ending with "accept": reaccept. (additional references)
	Words containing "accept": nonacceptance, nonacceptances, reaccepted, reaccepting, reaccepts, unacceptabilities, unacceptability, unacceptable, unacceptably, unaccepted. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Accept" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accepy, accert, accet, accomp, accompt, Accompte, accpet, accpt, accult, Acelt, aceppt, acept, acert, acet, Ackert, Aclet, Aksit, Cagccat, eccept, iccat, iccpr. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "accept" (pronounced akse"pt or ukse"pt)
5	-k s e" p t	except.
4	-s e" p t	intercept, Sept.
3	-e" p t	adept, crept, inept, kept, leaped, leapt, overslept, prepped, slept, stepped, swept, wept.
5	-k s e" p t	except.
4	-s e" p t	intercept, Sept.
3	-e" p t	adept, crept, inept, kept, leaped, leapt, overslept, prepped, slept, stepped, swept, wept.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-p-t"
	-1 letter: epact.
	-2 letters: cape, cate, ceca, pace, pact, pate, peat, tace, tape, tepa.
	-3 letters: ace, act, ape, apt, ate, cap, cat, cep, eat, eta, pac, pat, pea, pec, pet, tae, tap, tea.
	-4 letters: ae, at, et, pa, pe, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-p-t"
	+1 letter: accepts, peccant.
	+2 letters: accepted, acceptee, accepter, acceptor, cachepot, practice, reaccept.
	+3 letters: acceptant, acceptees, accepters, accepting, acceptive, acceptors, accipiter, cachepots, catchpole, cityscape, compacted, compacter, copacetic, copasetic, eclamptic, peccantly, practiced, practicer, practices, reaccepts, sceptical, spectacle.
	+4 letters: acceptable, acceptably, acceptance, acceptedly, accipiters, apodeictic, apoplectic, capacitate, capacities, capacitive, cataleptic, catchpenny, catchpoles, cityscapes, compacters, compactest, complacent, complicate, conceptual, copycatted, expectance, expectancy, pancreatic, practicers, precontact, reaccepted, receptacle, spacecraft, spectacled, spectacles, unaccepted.
	+5 letters: acceptances, acceptation, acceptingly, accipitrine, acupuncture, capacitance, capacitated, capacitates, captaincies, cataleptics, catchphrase, cocaptained, compactible, compactness, complicated, complicates, conceptacle, cycadophyte, ectopically, ectoplasmic, expectances, malpractice, narcoleptic, peacockiest, pococurante, practicable, precritical, reaccepting, receptacles, reciprocate, spacecrafts, spectacular.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 63 65 70 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.- -.-. -.-. . .--. -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#99 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0063 0065 0070 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
accept credit card	533
accept	272
accept credit card online	134
accept peoples.com	54
accept visa	53
accept not pal pay	42
accept credit card payment online	38
accept credit card on your web site	36
accept credit card payment	36
accept b b metal no review substitute ultimate	36
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Accept

Definitions: Accept

Accept

Verb

Specialty Definitions: Accept

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Accept

ACCEPT

Synonyms: Accept

Synonyms within Context: Accept

Assent

Consent

Content

Interpretation

Receiving

Resignation

Security

Taking

Crosswords: Accept

Modern Usage: Accept

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Accept

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Accept

Illustrations:Accept

Familiar Quotations: Accept

Ann Landers

Charles Baudelaire

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Freya Stark

Goethe

Michael Korda

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walt Whitman

Historic Usage: Accept

US Constitution

Treaty of Versailles

Use in Literature: Accept

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Accept

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Accept

Beth Veglahn

Donald Rumsfeld

Julie Andrews

Lin Wood

Priscilla Presley

Robert Novak

Speeches: Accept

George Washington

James Madison

Benjamin Harrison

Harry S. Truman

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Ronald Reagan

George Bush

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Usage Frequency: Accept

Expressions: Accept

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Accept

accept credit card

Illustrations:
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