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ac·cept / akˈsept/ • v. [tr.] 1. consent to receive (a thing offered). ∎ agree to undertake (an offered position or responsibility). ∎ give an affirmative answer to (an offer or proposal); say yes to: he would accept their offer | [intr.] Tim offered Brian a lift home and he accepted. ∎ receive as adequate, valid, or suitable: the college accepted her credit cards are widely accepted. ∎ regard favorably or with approval; welcome. ∎ agree to meet (a draft or bill of exchange) by signing it. ∎ (of a thing) be designed to allow (something) to be inserted or applied: vending machines that accepted 100-yen coins. 2. believe or come to recognize (an opinion, explanation, etc.) as valid or correct. ∎ be prepared to subscribe to (a belief or philosophy): accept the tenets of the Episcopalian faith. ∎ take upon oneself (a responsibility or liability); acknowledge. ∎ tolerate or submit to (something unpleasant or undesired): they accepted the need to cut expenses. |
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"accept." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "accept." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-accept.html "accept." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-accept.html |
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accept XIV. — (O)F. accepter or L. acceptāre, f. accept-, pp. stem of accipere, f. AC- + capere take.
So acceptable XIV. — (O)F. — late L. acceptance XVI. — OF. acceptation XV. — (O)F. — late L. |
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T. F. HOAD. "accept." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "accept." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-accept.html T. F. HOAD. "accept." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-accept.html |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "accept." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "accept." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-accept.html JOHN DAINTITH. "accept." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-accept.html |
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•adapt, apt, enrapt, rapt, unmapped, untapped
•periapt • snow-capped
•accept, crept, except, incept, inept, intercept, kept, leapt, overleaped, sept, slept, swept, upswept, wept, yclept
•adept • housekept • transept
•precept • concept • percept
•rainswept • windswept • undraped
•pearshaped
•conscript, crypt, encrypt, harelipped, hipped, script, unequipped, unwhipped
•Egypt • eucalypt • transcript
•nondescript • typescript • manuscript
•subscript
•adopt, co-opt, Copt, opt
•unhoped
•abrupt, corrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt, irrupt
•bankrupt
•underdeveloped, undeveloped
•excerpt • sculpt
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"accept." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "accept." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-accept.html "accept." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-accept.html |
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