Words with a similar base: accept

'accept'
[accept.v.01] as in: consider or hold as true


Examples:
I cannot accept the dogma of this church
accept an argument



'accept'
[accept.v.02] as in: receive willingly something given or offered


Examples:
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



'accept'
[accept.v.03] as in: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to


Examples:
I cannot accept your invitation
I go for this resolution



'accept'
[accept.v.04] as in: react favorably to; consider right and proper


Examples:
People did not accept atonal music at that time
We accept the idea of universal health care



'accept'
[accept.v.05] as in: admit into a group or community


Examples:
accept students for graduate study
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member



'accept'
[bear.v.06] as in: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person


Examples:
I'll accept the charges
She agreed to bear the responsibility



'accept'
[accept.v.07] as in: tolerate or accommodate oneself to


Examples:
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions
I swallowed the insult
She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies



'accept'
[accept.v.08] as in: be designed to hold or take


Examples:
This surface will not take the dye



'accept'
[accept.v.09] as in: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee



'accept'
[take.v.20] as in: make use of or accept for some purpose


Examples:
take a risk
take an opportunity



'accept'
[accept.v.11] as in: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal


Examples:
The cow accepted the bull



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