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.
Accept
(Ac*cept"), a. Accepted. [Obs.] Shak.
Acceptability
(Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty) n. [LL. acceptabilitas.] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
"Acceptability of repentance." Jer. Taylor.
Acceptable
(Ac*cept"a*ble) a. [F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare.] Capable, worthy, or
sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as,
an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
Acceptableness
(Ac*cept"a*ble*ness) n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably
received; acceptability.
Acceptably
(Ac*cept"a*bly), adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
Acceptance
(Ac*cept"ance) n.
1. The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp.,
favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
Isa. lx. 7.
2. State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.
3. (Com.) (a) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay
it when due according to the terms of the acceptance. (b) The bill itself when accepted.
