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Accept [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To take or receive what is offered, with a consenting mind; to receive with approbation or favor.

2. Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Deuteronomy 33:11 .

3. He made an offer which was accepted.

4. Observe the difference between receive and accept

5. He received an appointment or the offer of a commission, but he did not accept it.

6. To regard with partiality; to value or esteem.

7. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked. Proverbs 18:5 . 2 Corinthians 8:12 .

8. In theology, acceptance with God implies forgiveness of sins and reception into his favor.

9. To consent or agree to; to receive as terms of a contract; as, to accept a treaty; often followed by of.

10. ACCEPT of the terms.

11. To understand; to have a particular idea of; to receive in a particular sense.

12. How is this phrase to be accepted?

13. In commerce, to agree or promise to pay, as a bill of exchange. [ See Acceptance .]

Accept [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Accepted.

Accept [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

2. To receive with favor; to approve.

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. To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

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.]

Acceptability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

Acceptable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That may be received with pleasure; hence pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; as an acceptable present.

2. Agreeable or pleasing in person; as, a man makes himself acceptable by his services or civilities.

Acceptable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

the quality of being agreeable to a ACCEPTABIL'ITY , receiver, or to a person with whom one has intercourse. [The latter word is little used, or not at all.]

Acceptableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

Acceptably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In a manner to please, or give satisfaction.

2. Let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably

3. Hebrews 12:28 .

Acceptably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Acceptance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance

2. They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isaiah 60:7 .

3. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under across, or on the back of the bill.

4. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.

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6. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.

7. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.

8. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. obsolete

9. [ See Acceptation .]

Acceptance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. State of being accepted; acceptableness.

3. 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.

4. The bill itself when accepted.

5. An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

6. An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.

7. Meaning; acceptation.

Acceptance Encyclopedia Britannica

ACCEPTANCE is the act by which a person binds himself to comply with the request contained in a bill of exchange addressed to him by the drawer. In all cases it is understood to be a promise to pay the bill in money, the law not recognising an acceptance in which the promise is to pay in some other way, as, for example, partly in money and partly by another bill. Acceptance may be absolute, conditional, or partial· Absolute acceptance is an engagement to pay the bill strictly according to its tenor, and is made by the drawee subscribing his name, with or without the word “accepted,” at the bottom of the bill, or across the face of it. Conditional acceptance is a promise to pay on a contingency occurring, as, for example, on the sale of certain goods consigned by the drawer to the acceptor. No contingency is allowed to be mentioned in the body of the bill, but a contingent acceptance is quite legal, and equally binding with an absolute acceptance upon the acceptor when the contingency has occurred. Partial acceptance is where the promise is to pay only part of the sum mentioned in the bill, or to pay at a different time or place from those specified. In all cases acceptance involves the signature of the acceptor either by himself or by some person duly authorised on his behalf. A bill can be accepted in the first instance only by the person or persons to whom it is addressed; but if he or they fail to do so, it may, after being protested for non-acceptance, be accepted by another “supra protest,” for the sake of the honour of one or more of the parties concerned in it.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 82
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Acceptancy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Acceptance.

Acceptant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Accepting; receiving.

Acceptant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An accepter.

Acceptation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Kind reception; a receiving with favor or approbation.

2. This is a saying worthy of all acceptation 1 Timothy 1:15 .

3. A state of being acceptable; favorable regard.

4. Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with God

5. But in this sense acceptableness is more generally used.

6. the meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation

7. Reception in general. obsolete

Acceptation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

2. The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

Accepted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Kindly received; regarded; agreed to; understood; received as a bill of exchange.

Accepted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Accept

Acceptedly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a accepted manner; admittedly.

Accepter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as to bind himself to pay it. [ See Acceptance .]

Accepter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A person who accepts; a taker.

2. A respecter; a viewer with partiality.

3. An acceptor.

Acceptilation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

Accepting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Receiving favorably; agreeing to; understanding.

Accepting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Accept

Acception [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The received sense of a word. [Not now used.]

Acception [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Acceptation; the received meaning.

Acceptive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Ready to accept. [Not used.]

Acceptive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Fit for acceptance.

2. Ready to accept.

Acceptor [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ACCEPT'ER, OR ACCEPT'OR, noun A person who accepts; the person who receives a bill of exchange so as to bind himself to pay it. [ See Acceptance .]

Acceptor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who accepts

2. one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.

Assent Roget’s Thesaurus §488

N. assent, assentment, acquiescence, admission, nod, accord, concord, concordance, agreement, affirmance, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, avowal, confession of faith, unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi, popular belief, current belief, current opinion, public opinion, concurrence, cooperation, ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa, indorsement, consent, pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure

V. assent, give assent, yield assent, nod assent, acquiesce, agree, receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with, be at one with, go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with, echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion, vote, give one's voice for, recognize, subscribe to, conform to, defer to, say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to, acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess, concede, come round to, abide by, permit, arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement, confirm, affirm, ratify, approve, indorse, countersign, corroborate, go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind, be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make waves, be in every mouth

Adj. assenting, of one accord, of one mind, of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content, willing, uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted, carried, agreed, nem, con, &c. adv[abbr: nemine contradicente], unanimous, agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation, affirmative

Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true, good, well, very well, very true, well and good, granted, even so, just so, to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful, truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso, of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless, naturally, natch, be it so, so be it, so let it be, amen, willingly, affirmatively, in the affirmative, ok, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord, unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man, nem, con, [abbr: nemine contradicente], nemine dissentiente, without a dissentient voice, as one man, one and all, on all hands

Phr. avec plaisir, chi tace accousente, "the public mind is the creation of the master-writers", you bet your sweet ass it is, what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready, anytime you're ready

Consent Roget’s Thesaurus §762

N. consent, assent, acquiescence, approval, compliance, agreement, concession, yieldance|, yieldingness, accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition|, settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment, permit, promise

V. consent, assent, yield assent, admit, allow, concede, grant, yield, come round, come over, give into, acknowledge, agnize, give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection, satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms, not refuse, turn a willing ear, jump at, deign, vouchsafe, promise

Adj. consenting, squeezable, agreed, unconditional

Adv. ok, yes, by all means, no problem, if you please, as you please, be it so, so be it, well and good, of course, please do, don't hesitate

Phr. chi tace accousente

Security Roget’s Thesaurus §771

N. security, guaranty, guarantee, gage, warranty, # bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration, real security, vadium, stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution, promissory note, bill, bill of exchange, i, o, u, personal security, covenant, specialty, parole, acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal, sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, bail, mainpernor, hostage, godchild, godfather, godmother, recognizance, deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet, record, probate, attested copy, receipt, acquittance, quittance, discharge, release, muniment, title deed, instrument, deed, deed poll, assurance, indenture, charter, charter poll, paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil

V. give security, give bail, give substantial bail, go bail, pawn, impawn, spout, mortgage, hypothecate, impignorate, guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure, accept, indorse, underwrite, insure, cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor, execute, stamp, sign, seal, let, sett, grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease, hold in pledge, lend on security

Phr. bonis avibus, "gone where the woodbine twineth"

Receiving Roget’s Thesaurus §785

N. receiving, acquisition, reception #, suscipiency|, acceptance, admission, recipient, accipient, assignee, devisee, legatee, legatary, grantee, feoffee, donee, releasee, relessee, lessee, receiver, sportulary|, stipendiary, beneficiary, pensioner, pensionary, almsman, income

V. receive, take, acquire, admit, take in, catch, touch, pocket, put into one's pocket, put into one's purse, accept, take off one's hands, be received, come in, come to hand, pass into one's hand, fall into one's hand, go into one's pocket, fall to one's lot, fall to one's share, come to one, fall to one, accrue, have given to one

Adj. receiving, recipient, suscipient|, received, given, secondhand, not given, unbestowed &c. (see give, bestow )

Taking Roget’s Thesaurus §789

N. taking, reception, deglutition, appropriation, prehension, prensation|, capture, caption, apprehension, deprehension|, abreption|, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation, subtraction, withdrawal, abstraction, ademption, adrolepsy|, dispossession, deprivation, deprivement, bereavement, divestment, disherison, distraint, distress, sequestration, confiscation, eviction, rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism, theft, resumption, reprise, reprisal, recovery, clutch, swoop, wrench, grip, haul, take, catch, scramble, taker, captor, subduction

V. take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept, reap, crop, cull, pluck, gather, draw, appropriate, expropriate, impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution, intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem|, abstract, hurry off with, run away with, abduct, steal, ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault, snatch, reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up, kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize, deduct, retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from, extort, deprive of, bereave, disinherit, cut off with a shilling, oust, divest, levy, distrain, confiscate, sequester, sequestrate, accroach, usurp, despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home, drain, drain to the dregs, gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up, absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake, resume, recover

Adj. taking, privative, prehensile, predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial, lupine, rapacious, raptorial, ravenous, parasitic, bereft

Adv. at one fell swoop

Phr. give an inch and take an ell

Content Roget’s Thesaurus §831

N. content, contentment, contentedness, complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind, serenity, cheerfulness, ray of comfort, comfort, reconciliation, resignation, waiter on providence

V. be content, rest satisfied, rest and be thankful, take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, take up with, take in good part, accept, tolerate, consent, acquiesce, assent, be reconciled to, make one's peace with, get over it, take heart, take comfort, put up with, render content, set at ease, comfort, set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest, speak peace, conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile, content, satisfy, gratify, be tolerated, go down, go down well, go down with, do, be ok

Adj. content, contented, satisfied, at ease, at one's ease, at home, with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular, conciliatory, unrepining, of good comfort, resigned, cheerful, unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued, serene, at rest, snug, comfortable, in one's element, satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, ok, all right, acceptable

Adv. contently, contentedly, to one's heart's content, a la bonne heure, all for the best

Phr. nothing comes amiss, "a heart with room for every joy", ich habe genossen das irdische gluck ich habe gelebt und geliebet, "nor cast one longing lingering look behind", "shut up in measureless content", "sweet are the thoughts that savor of content", "their wants but few their wishes all confined", might as well relax and enjoy it

Int. amen, very well, all the better, so much the better, well and good, it will do, that will do, it cannot be helped

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112 KJV and 114 BSB verses contain “accept” — showing the first 20. Show all 182 verses (searchable)

Genesis 4:7

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

Genesis 14:23

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Genesis 14:24

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

Genesis 19:21

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

Genesis 21:30

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

Genesis 32:20

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 33:11

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

Exodus 22:11

Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

Exodus 23:8

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

Exodus 25:3

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 28:38

And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

Leviticus 1:3

If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

Leviticus 1:4

And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 7:18

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 10:19

And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

Leviticus 19:5

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

Leviticus 19:7

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.

Leviticus 22:19

Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

Leviticus 22:20

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.