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Meaning of accept

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  accept
      v 1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of
           this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: {reject}]
      2: receive willingly something given or offered; "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" [syn:
         {accept}, {take}, {have}] [ant: {decline}, {pass up},
         {refuse}, {reject}, {turn down}]
      3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot
         accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn:
         {accept}, {consent}, {go for}] [ant: {decline}, {refuse}]
      4: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did
         not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of
         universal health care"
      5: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
         graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
         admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {admit}, {take}, {take
         on}]
      6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
         "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the
         responsibility" [syn: {bear}, {take over}, {accept},
         {assume}]
      7: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept
         these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the
         insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little
         idiosyncrasies" [syn: {accept}, {live with}, {swallow}]
      8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the
         dye" [syn: {accept}, {take}]
      9: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
      10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
          an opportunity" [syn: {take}, {accept}]
      11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated
          mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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