Accepted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accept \Ac*cept"\ ([a^]k*s[e^]pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Accepted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accepting}.] [F. accepter, L.
     acceptare, freq. of accipere; ad + capere to take; akin to E.
     heave.]
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     1. To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as,


        to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
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              If you accept them, then their worth is great.
                                                    --Shak.
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              To accept of ransom for my son.       --Milton.
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              She accepted of a treat.              --Addison.
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     2. To receive with favor; to approve.
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              The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice. --Ps. xx. 3.
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              Peradventure he will accept of me. --Gen. xxxii. 20.
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     3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I
        accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
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     4. To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these
        words to be accepted?
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     5. (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to
        accept a bill of exchange. --Bouvier.
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     6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty
        imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This
        makes it the property of the body, and the question is
        then on its adoption.]
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     {To accept a bill} (Law), to agree (on the part of the
        drawee) to pay it when due.
  
     {To accept service} (Law), to agree that a writ or process
        shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not
        been.
  
     {To accept the person} (Eccl.), to show favoritism. "God
        accepteth no man's person." --Gal. ii. 6.
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     Syn: To receive; take; admit. See {Receive}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accepted
       adj 1: generally approved or compelling recognition; "several
              accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his
              recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: {recognized},
               {recognised}]
       2: generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted
          interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory" [syn: {undisputed}]
       3: generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and
          melody"; "three accepted types of pump"
       4: judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable
          English usage" [syn: {acceptable}]
       5: widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"
       6: widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom
          about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received
          political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"-
          Economist [syn: {received}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  138 Moby Thesaurus words for "accepted":
     Christian, acclaimed, accustomed, acknowledged, admired, admitted,
     adopted, advocated, affirmed, allowed, applauded, appointed,
     approved, assumed, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, avowed,
     backed, being done, believed, canonical, carried, cathedral,
     certified, chanced, chosen, chronic, comme il faut, conceded,
     confessed, confirmed, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional,
     correct, countersigned, credited, cried up, current, customary,
     de rigueur, decent, decorous, designated, elect, elected,
     elected by acclamation, embraced, endorsed, espoused, established,
     evangelical, everyday, ex cathedra, faithful, familiar, favored,
     favorite, firm, formal, generally accepted, granted, habitual,
     handpicked, highly touted, in good odor, in hand, in process,
     in progress, in the works, literal, magisterial, meet, named,
     nominated, normal, notarized, obtaining, of the faith, official,
     on the anvil, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, passed, picked,
     popular, prescribed, prescriptive, prevalent, professed, proper,
     ratified, received, recognized, recommended, regular, regulation,
     right, routine, sanctioned, scriptural, sealed, seemly, select,
     selected, set, signed, sound, stamped, standard, stock, supported,
     sworn and affirmed, sworn to, textual, time-honored, traditional,
     traditionalistic, true, true-blue, trusted, unanimously elected,
     uncontested, under way, undertaken, underwritten, undisputed,
     undoubted, unquestioned, unsuspected, usual, validated, warranted,
     well-thought-of, widespread, wonted