Part 76

<blockquote>Peradventure he will <b>accept</b> of me.

<i>Gen. xxxii. 20.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; <as>as, I <ex>accept</ex> your proposal, amendment, or excuse</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be <i>accepted</i>?</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; <as>as, to <ex>accept</ex> a bill of exchange</as>.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; <as>as, to <ex>accept</ex> the report of a committee</as>. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]</def>

<cs><col>To accept a bill</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.</cd> -- <col>To accept service</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.</cd> -- <col>To accept the person</col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>to show favoritism. "God <i>accepteth<i> no man's <i>person<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Gal. ii. 6.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To receive; take; admit. See <er>Receive</er>.</syn>

<h1>Accept</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Accepted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Acceptability</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>acceptabilitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.</def> "<i>Acceptability</i> of repentance."

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Acceptable</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>acceptable</ets>, L. <ets>acceptabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>acceptare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; <as>as, an <ex>acceptable</ex> present, one <ex>acceptable</ex> to us</as>.</def>

<h1>Acceptableness</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"a*ble*ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.</def>

<h1>Acceptably</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.</def>

<h1>Acceptance</h1> <Xpage=10>

<hw>Ac*cept"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; <as>as, the <ex>acceptance</ex> of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>They shall come up with <b>acceptance</b> on mine altar. <i>Isa. lx. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State of being accepted; acceptableness.</def> "Makes it assured of <i>acceptance</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The bill itself when accepted.</def>