Definition of: accept

(ak·sept′) v.t.
1. To take when offered; receive with favor or willingness, as a gift.
2. To give an affirmative answer to: to accept an invitation, an offer of marriage, etc.
3. To agree to; admit: to accept an apology.
4. To take with good grace; submit to: to accept the inevitable.
5. To agree to pay, as a draft.
6. To believe in: to accept Christianity.
7. Law To acknowledge as valid or received: I accepted the subpoena.
— v.i.
8. To agree or promise to fulfil an engagement: receive favorably. See synonyms under ACKNOWLEDGE, AGREE, ASSENT, ASSUME, CONFESS, RATIFY. [<L acceptare, freq. of accipere take < ad- to + capere take]
—ac·cept′er noun