accept
accept is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To receive with favor; to approve. The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. Ps. xx.
- 2.Peradventure he will accept of me. Gen. xxxii.
- 3.3. 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.
- 5.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.See Receive.
- 7.Accepted. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandonment
- abdicant
- abdicate
- abdication
- abjuration
- abjure
- abrogate
- accede
- acceptance
- accession
- accipient
- accrue
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- acquiesce
- acquiescence
- acquire
- acquisition
- adjustment
- admission
- admit
- agnition
- agnize
- agree
- agreement
- all
- allow
- almsman
- and
- approval
- assent
- assignee
- beneficiary
- bestow
- catch
- close
- come
- compliance
- comply
- concede
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is accept.
- What is to receive with favor; to approve. The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. Ps. xx called?
- What is peradventure he will accept of me. Gen. xxxii called?
- What is 3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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