• 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 idiosyncracies"
• consider or hold as true; "I cannot Accept the dogma of this church"; "Accept an argument"
• be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow Accepted the bull"
• react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not Accept atonal music at that time"; "We Accept the idea of universal health care"
• give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot Accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
• make use of or Accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
• of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
• 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"
• 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"
• take on as one''s own the expenses or debts of another person; "I''ll Accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
• be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

'Accept' in other languages