Ac*cept" , a.
Accepted. [Obs.]
Shak.
Ac*cept" (ăk*s&ebreve;pt"), 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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