v.

1. consider or hold as true
   
   • I cannot accept the dogma of this church
   • accept an argument
2. receive willingly something given or offered;
   take, have
   
   • 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
3. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to;
   consent, go for
   
   • I cannot accept your invitation
   • I go for this resolution
4. react favorably to; consider right and proper
   
   • People did not accept atonal music at that time
   • We accept the idea of universal health care
5. admit into a group or community;
   admit, take, take on
   
   • accept students for graduate study
   • We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
   bear, take over, assume
   
   • I'll accept the charges
   • She agreed to bear the responsibility
7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to;
   live with, swallow
   
   • I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
   • I swallowed the insult
   • She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
8. be designed to hold or take;
   take
   
   • This surface will not take the dye
9. receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
10. make use of or accept for some purpose;
    take
    
    • take a risk
    • take an opportunity
11. be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
    
    • The cow accepted the bull