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accepted
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Word definitions for accepted in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Generally approved, believed, or recognized. v (en-past of: accept )
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: recognized , recognised ] generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an accepted convention ▪ Saying 'thank you' and 'please' is an accepted convention. an accepted/received notion (= an idea that most people believe ) ▪ These women challenged accepted notions of female roles in ...
Usage examples of accepted.
This dictum became, two years later, accepted doctrine when the Court invalidated a State law on the ground that it abridged freedom of speech contrary to the due process clause of Amendment XIV.
That determination had become an obsession now, which he recognized for what it was-the sole reason for his survival and for his recently taken decision firstly to be accepted as a reformed and model prisoner at Port Arthur and secondly to abscond therefrom.
Was that why he had accepted her small, childlike challenge on the steps of the Albergo Monte Gazza?
The reports of the amnestic effects of protein synthesis inhibitors were first ignored, often on the same sorts of a priori grounds that had led to my initial scepticism, and only after some struggle accepted by these definers of the field.
He had never accepted the theory of andromedotoxin poisoning that Grace had put forward and was even less happy with the idea of a fatal dose of arsenic delivered through the medium of the unfortunate pheasant and, what was more, he knew Grace could never have subscribed to these theories either.
By antagonizing this declaration the Democrats strove to convince the country that it was the accepted doctrine of their political opponents, and that they were themselves the true and tried friends of the Union.
Decades elapsed, for instance, before the apologetic theology came to be generally known and accepted in the Church, as is shown by the long continued conflict against Monarchianism.
The Gnostic speculations were repudiated, whereas those of the Apologists were accepted.
He had accepted the town from Arai, thinking it would make a home for his sons and grandsons.
Soon we were informed that the English Government communicated to our Ambassador to London Barcza that they accepted the news of the Arbitrage with pleasure and contentment.
Finally it is agreed that the arbitrament of Diana shall be invited and accepted as conclusive.
As a rule, this artificiality is accepted as Irishism, or Yeats is even credited with simplicity because he uses short words, but in fact one seldom comes on six consecutive lines of his verse in which there is not an archaism or an affected turn of speech.
Gardner accepted his sister the way he might have accepted - Asey tried to think of a suitable simile as he climbed into the roadster.
I was only astonished that the cardinal had so readily accepted my choice.
Hitler became a strong, authoritarian leader and many of the German people accepted his control.