acceptreceive: She will accept the award.; answer affirmatively: I accept your invitation.Not to be confused with:except ? leave out; exclude: present company excepted; with the exclusion of: Everyone was there except for the guest of honor.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeac·cept (?k-s?pt?)v. ac·cept·ed, ac·cept·ing, ac·cepts v.tr.1. a. To answer affirmatively: accept an invitation.b. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).2. To receive (something offered), especially with gladness or approval: accepted a glass of water; accepted their contract.3. To admit to a group, organization, or place: accepted me as a new member of the club.4. a. To regard as proper, usual, or right: Such customs are widely accepted.b. To regard as true; believe in: Scientists have accepted the new theory.c. To understand as having a specific meaning.5. To endure resignedly or patiently: accept one’s fate.6. To be able to hold (something applied or inserted): This wood will not accept oil paints.7. To receive officially: accept the committee’s report.8. To consent to pay, as by a signed agreement.9. To take payment in the form of: a store that does not accept checks.10. Medicine To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.v.intr. To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.[Middle English accepten, from Latin accept?re, frequentative of accipere, to receive : ad-, ad- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]ac·cept?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.accept (?k?s?pt) vb (mainly tr) 1. to take or receive (something offered)2. to give an affirmative reply to: to accept an invitation. 3. to take on the responsibilities, duties, etc, of: he accepted office. 4. to tolerate or accommodate oneself to5. to consider as true or believe in (a philosophy, theory, etc): I cannot accept your argument. 6. (may take a clause as object) to be willing to grant or believe: you must accept that he lied. 7. to receive with approval or admit, as into a community, group, etc8. (Commerce) commerce to agree to pay (a bill, draft, shipping document, etc), esp by signing9. to receive as adequate, satisfactory, or valid10. to receive, take, or hold (something applied, inserted, etc)11. archaic (sometimes foll by: of) to take or receive an offer, invitation, etc[C14: from Latin accept?re, from ad- to + capere to take] ac?cepter nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ac?cept (æk?s?pt) v.t. 1. to take or receive (something offered). 2. to receive with approval or favor: to accept a proposal. 3. to receive or admit as adequate or satisfactory: to accept an apology. 4. to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. 5. to undertake the duties, responsibilities, or honors of: to accept the office of president. 6. to admit formally, as to a college or club. 7. to accommodate or reconcile oneself to: to accept the situation. 8. to regard as true or sound; believe. 9. to regard as normal, suitable, or usual. 10. to receive as to meaning; understand. 11. to agree to pay, as a draft. 12. to receive or contain (something attached, inserted, etc.): This socket won’t accept a three-pronged plug. 13. to receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without adverse reaction. Compare reject (def. 7). v.i. 14. to accept an invitation, gift, position, etc. (sometimes fol. by of). [1350?1400; Middle English If someone offers you something and you accept it, you agree to take it.If you accept someone’s advice or suggestion, you decide to do what they advise or suggest.Be Careful!However, don’t say that you ‘accept to do’ what someone suggests. You say that you agree to do it.If you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation, you recognize that it cannot be changed.Don’t confuse accept /?k’sept/ with except /?k’sept/.Accept is a verb. If someone offers you something and you accept it, you agree to take it.Except is a preposition or conjunction. You use it to show that a statement does not include a particular thing or person.