Ac*cept" (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Accepting.] [F. accepter, L. acceptare, freq. of accipere; ad + capere to take; akin to E. heave.]
1.
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
If you accept them, then their worth is great.
Shak.
To accept of ransom for my son.
Milton.
She accepted of a treat.
Addison.
2.
To receive with favor; to approve.
The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
Ps. xx. 3.
Peradventure he will accept of me.
Gen. xxxii. 20.
3.
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
4.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
5. Com.
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
Bouvier.
6.
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.]
To accept a bill Law, to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service Law, to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been. -- To accept the person Eccl., to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person."
Gal. ii. 6.
Syn. -- To receive; take; admit. See Receive.
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Ac*cept", a.
Accepted.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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