transitive verb

1. to take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly
2. to receive favorably; approve to accept a theory
3. to submit to; be resigned to he had to accept defeat
4. to believe in
5. to understand as having a certain meaning
6. to respond to in the affirmative to accept an invitation
7. to admit as a student, member, etc.
8. to agree to take the responsibilities of (a job, office, etc.)
9. to receive (a committee report) as satisfactory according to parliamentary procedure
10. Business to agree, as by a signed promise, to pay
11. Law to receive with intent to retain and adopt

Etymology: ME accepten < OFr accepter < L acceptare < pp. stem of accipere < ad-, to + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb