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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]:

  accepting
       adj : tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of
             coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the
             atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and
             accepting"

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

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "accepting":
     Spartan, abject, acquiescent, agreeable, armed with patience,
     assenting, at ease, clement, comfortable, compassionate,
     complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, composed,
     consenting, content, contented, disciplined, easy, easygoing,
     endurant, enduring, eupeptic, euphoric, forbearant, forbearing,
     forgiving, gentle, happy, humane, indulgent, lax, lenient,
     long-suffering, longanimous, merciful, mild, moderate,
     nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obedient,
     of good comfort, passive, patient, patient as Job, persevering,
     philosophical, pleased, reconciled, resigned, sans souci,
     satisfied, self-controlled, servile, soft, stoic, submissive,
     subservient, supine, tender, tolerant, tolerating, tolerative,
     unassertive, uncomplaining, understanding, unrepining, unresistant,
     unresisting, without care
  
  

















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