To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
To receive with favor; to approve.
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
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.]
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Harvey Fierstein
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. John F. Kennedy
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. Michael Jordan
accept in Afrikaans is aanvaar, neem, aanneem
accept in Danish is modtage
accept in Dutch is accepteren, aanvaarden
accept in Finnish is ottaa vastaan
accept in German is entgegennehmen, einsehen
accept in Latin is accipio, suscipio
accept in Norwegian is godta, ta imot
accept in Portuguese is aceite, aceitar
accept in Spanish is aceptar, tomar
accept in Swedish is antaga, acceptera, anamma, godtaga
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