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accept
To take willingly.

"John was thrilled that Mary accepted his proposal of marriage."

This entry is located in the following unit: cap-, cept- + (page 1)
Word Entries at Word Info: “accept”
accept
1. To receive with favor, willingness, or consent: "She was asked to accept the gift for her children."
2. To give an affirmative answer to: "He was willing to accept the invitation."
3. To receive as satisfactory or sufficient; to admit: "She was willing to accept his apology."
4. To accept an offer, position, etc.: "The teacher will accept the offer of assistant principal."

Accept is a verb meaning "to receive, to take", etc.: "Will you accept this gift?" "She accepted his proposal."

This entry is located in the following unit: cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient (page 1)
accept (ahk SEPT)
1. To receive with consent, agree to, consent to, acknowledge: "I accept your apology. The police accepted his story to be truthful."
2. To take what is offered, receive willingly: "She accepted his invitation to dance."
3. Admit, assume, bear, acknowledge: "The boy accepted full responsibility for breaking the window."
accept; except, excepted; excepted; expect
accept (ahk SEPT) (verb)
1. To receive with consent, to agree to, to consent to, to acknowledge: "James decided to accept Jill's invitation to the party."
2. To take what is offered, receive willingly: "Sherry was happy to accept Rita's offering of a cool drink on such a hot day."
except, excepted (ik SEPT, ik SEPT'd) (verbs)
To leave out, excluding, or showing exclusion: "Jim's mother told him to put everything on the shelf into the box, but to except the vase."

"The professor announced that no one in the class will be excepted from taking the test."

"What I said about some people applies to men in general, present company excepted."

excepted (ik SEPT'd) (adjective)
Not included in a group nor in a collection: "What Irene said about some people applies to individuals in general, present company excepted."

expect (ik SPEKT) (verb)
1. To look forward to, plan on, look for, anticipate: "The skiers expect deep snow overnight."
2. To assume, to presume, to calculate, or to contemplate: "Can Edith still expect to see Jerome here anytime soon?"

What do you expect from us when everyone except you can accept the decision?

This entry is located in the following units: Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 2) spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective (page 1)