Meaning : Consider or hold as true.

Example : I cannot accept the dogma of this church.
Accept an argument.

Meaning : Receive willingly something given or offered.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : have, take

Meaning : Give an affirmative reply to. Respond favorably to.

Example : I cannot accept your invitation.
I go for this resolution.

Synonyms : consent, go for

Meaning : React favorably to. Consider right and proper.

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

Meaning : Admit into a group or community.

Example : Accept students for graduate study.
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member.

Synonyms : admit, take, take on

Meaning : Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.

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

Synonyms : assume, bear, take over

Meaning : Tolerate or accommodate oneself to.

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

Synonyms : live with, swallow

Meaning : Be designed to hold or take.

Example : This surface will not take the dye.

Synonyms : take

Meaning : Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.

Meaning : Make use of or accept for some purpose.

Example : Take a risk.
Take an opportunity.

Synonyms : take

Meaning : Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal.

Example : The cow accepted the bull.