to receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.-to receive with favor; to approve.-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?-to receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.-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.]-accepted.