accepts

ac-cepts · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    (Third person singular of accept) Consents to receive or undertake something offered.

  2. 2.

    Believes or comes to recognize something as valid or correct.

  3. 3.

    Agrees to undertake an offered position or responsibility.

  4. 4.

    Welcomes someone into a group.

Related words

Antonyms: declines, refuses, rejects
See also: accept, acceptance, accepted, accepting
Synonyms: acknowledges, agrees to, receives, takes

Etymology

Third person singular present tense of accept, from Latin acceptare ("to receive willingly"), frequentative of accipere ("to receive"), from ad- ("to") + capere ("to take").