## Meanings
1. to take something that is offered to you
2. to say yes to an offer or invitation
3. to believe that something is true
4. to allow someone to join a group, school, or organization
5. to be willing to deal with a difficult situation

## Examples
- I accept your apology.
- She accepted the job offer right away.
- I cannot accept that he is to blame.
- The university accepted her for graduate study.
- We had to accept the poor working conditions for now.

## Antonyms
- decline
- reject

## Derived Forms
- accepted
- acceptedly
- acceptee
- accepter
- acceptible
- acceptive
- preaccept
- reaccept
- superaccept
- unaccept

## Related Forms
- acceptability
- acceptable
- acceptableness
- acceptably
- acceptance
- acceptancy
- acceptant
- acceptation
- acceptilation
- acception
- acceptor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: accepten
- Root: accepter
- Root: accepto

## Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.

## AI Etymology
Accept is first attested about 1380. It comes from Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- plus capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn. The historical line also includes Latin accepto. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

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