[əkˈsɛpt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- consent to receive or undertake (something offered)
(e.g: he accepted a pen as a present)

- believe or come to recognize (a proposition) as valid or correct
(e.g: this tentative explanation came to be accepted by the men)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin acceptare, frequentative of accipere ‘take something to oneself’, from ad- ‘to’ + capere ‘take’