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

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