Crossword clues for accepting
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.]
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To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
If you accept them, then their worth is great.
--Shak.To accept of ransom for my son.
--Milton.She accepted of a treat.
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To receive with favor; to approve.
The Lord accept thy burnt sacrifice.
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Peradventure he will accept of me.
--Gen. xxxii. 20.3. To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
(Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
--Bouvier.-
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.]
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.Syn: To receive; take; admit. See Receive.
Wiktionary
Characterized by acceptance. v
(present participle of accept English)
WordNet
adj. tolerating without protest; "always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates"; "the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting"
Usage examples of "accepting".
While we cannot solicit donations from people in states where we are not yet registered, we know of no prohibition against accepting donations from donors in these states who approach us with an offer to donate.
In spite of all these considerations, I felt a sort of pleasure in accepting for ready cash all the counterfeit coins that she had spread out before me.
As the hour for supper drew near, I excused myself so well that Madame Orio could not insist upon my accepting her invitation to stay.
When I saw Nanette in my arms, beaming with love, and Marton near the bed, holding a candle, with her eyes reproaching us with ingratitude because we did not speak to her, who, by accepting my first caresses, had encouraged her sister to follow her example, I realized all my happiness.
After breakfast I sent for mine host and ordered an excellent supper for five persons, feeling certain that Don Sancio, whom I expected in the evening, would not refuse to honour me by accepting my invitation, and with that idea I made up my mind to go without my dinner.
He invited me to come and spend a whole day with him, naming the days when I would be certain to find him at home, but he advised me to consult the Pacha Osman before accepting his invitation.
Always superstitious, I was on the point of accepting, and that for the most foolish reason-namely, that there would be no premeditation in that strange resolution, and it might be the impulse of fate.
Take a seat, and tell me what there is to prevent you, when, in accepting my offer, you are sure to please M.
She was curious to know all the circumstances of my miserable adventure, and, accepting it as an expiation, I related them to her.
The good priest, accepting that title as truly belonging to me, entreats my pardon for not having addressed me as such.
I confess that I have not yet repented on his account, for Capitani thought he had duped me in accepting it as security for the amount he gave me, and the count, his father, valued it until his death as more precious than the finest diamond in the world.
Tronchin would provide could not possibly be as comfortable and as safe as mine, and I entreated her to take it, assuring her that by accepting it she would give me a last proof of her affection.
As he said the last words my converter rose, and went to the window to dry his tears, I felt deeply moved, anal full of admiration for the virtue of De la Haye and of his pupil, who, to save his soul, had placed himself under the hard necessity of accepting alms.
At her house I made the acquaintance of several gamblers, and of three or four frauleins who, without any dread of the Commissaries of Chastity, were devoted to the worship of Venus, and were so kindly disposed that they were not afraid of lowering their nobility by accepting some reward for their kindness--a circumstance which proved to me that the Commissaries were in the habit of troubling only the girls who did not frequent good houses.
Beside myself with rage, blushing for very shame, seeing but too late the fault I had committed by accepting the society of a scoundrel, I went up to my room, and hurriedly packed up my carpet-bag.