The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accept \Ac*cept"\, a.
   Accepted. [Obs.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accept
    v 1: consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of
         this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: reject]
    2: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl
       who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have
       this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn:
       accept, take, have] [ant: decline, pass up,
       refuse, reject, turn down]
    3: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot
       accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn:
       accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse]
    4: react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did
       not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of
       universal health care"
    5: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
       graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
       admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take
       on]
    6: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
       "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the
       responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept,
       assume]
    7: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept
       these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the
       insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little
       idiosyncrasies" [syn: accept, live with, swallow]
    8: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the
       dye" [syn: accept, take]
    9: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
    10: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take
        an opportunity" [syn: take, accept]
    11: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated
        mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

accept

    Berkeley Unix networking socket
   library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote
   host.  A specified socket on the local host (which must be
   capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the
   requesting socket on the remote host.  The remote socket's
   socket address is returned.

   Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2).

   (1994-11-08)