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English to English adjective
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Accepted. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 2 |
consider or hold as true | | Example: I cannot accept the dogma of this church
accept an argument
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
receive willingly something given or offered | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | | Example: I cannot accept your invitation
I go for this resolution
source: wordnet30
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react favorably to; consider right and proper | | Example: People did not accept atonal music at that time
We accept the idea of universal health care
source: wordnet30
| 6 |
admit into a group or community | | Example: accept students for graduate study
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
source: wordnet30
| 7 |
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | | Example: I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility
source: wordnet30
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tolerate or accommodate oneself to | | Example: I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
source: wordnet30
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be designed to hold or take | | Example: This surface will not take the dye
source: wordnet30
| 10 |
receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | | source: wordnet30
| 11 |
make use of or accept for some purpose | | Example: take a risk
take an opportunity
source: wordnet30
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be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | | Example: The cow accepted the bull
source: wordnet30
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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of. | | source: webster1913
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