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| v. (cognition) | 1. accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| ~ recognize, acknowledge, know, recognise | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority.; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" |
| ~ sweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt | take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ receive | accept as true or valid.; "He received Christ" |
| ~ approbate | accept (documents) as valid. |
| ~ accept | react favorably to; consider right and proper.; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" |
| ~ reconcile, resign, submit | accept as inevitable.; "He resigned himself to his fate" |
| ~ acknowledge | accept as legally binding and valid.; "acknowledge the deed" |
| ~ take a bow | acknowledge praise or accept credit.; "They finally took a bow for what they did" |
| ~ abide by, honor, honour, respect, observe | show respect towards.; "honor your parents!" |
| v. (possession) | 2. accept, have, take | 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" |
| ~ receive, have | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | 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" |
| ~ welcome | accept gladly.; "I welcome your proposals" |
| ~ honor, honour | accept as pay.; "we honor checks and drafts" |
| ~ adopt, borrow, take up, take over | take up and practice as one's own. |
| v. (communication) | 3. accept, consent, go for | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ give | consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man.; "She gave herself to many men" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| ~ agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something.; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" |
| ~ settle | accept despite lack of complete satisfaction.; "We settled for a lower price" |
| ~ contract in | consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use. |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| ~ take in charge, undertake | accept as a charge. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. accept | react favorably to; consider right and proper.; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| v. (possession) | 5. accept, admit, take, take on | 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" |
| ~ profess | receive into a religious order or congregation. |
| ~ accept, take, have | 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" |
| ~ let in, admit, include | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| v. (possession) | 6. accept, assume, bear, take over | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ carry-the can, face the music | accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. |
| v. (cognition) | 7. accept, live with, swallow | 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" |
| ~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, support | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| v. (stative) | 8. accept, take | be designed to hold or take.; "This surface will not take the dye" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (possession) | 9. accept | receive (a report) officially, as from a committee. |
| ~ receive, have | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| v. (possession) | 10. accept, take | make use of or accept for some purpose.; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" |
| ~ co-opt | take or assume for one's own use.; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. accept | be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal.; "The cow accepted the bull" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
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