Meaning

verb consider or hold as true

verb receive willingly something given or offered

verb give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

originFirst attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.

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