Main entry: swallow, live with, accept
Definition: tolerate or accommodate oneself to
Usage: I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions; I swallowed the insult; She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies
Main entry: accept
Definition: consider or hold as true
Usage: I cannot accept the dogma of this church; accept an argument
Main entry: accept
Definition: be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
Usage: The cow accepted the bull
Main entry: accept
Definition: react favorably to; consider right and proper
Usage: People did not accept atonal music at that time; We accept the idea of universal health care
Main entry: consent, accept, go for
Definition: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Usage: I cannot accept your invitation; I go for this resolution
Definition: make use of or accept for some purpose
Usage: take a risk; take an opportunity
Main entry: accept
Definition: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
Main entry: have, take, accept
Definition: receive willingly something given or offered
Usage: 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
Main entry: accept, admit, take, take on
Definition: admit into a group or community
Usage: accept students for graduate study; We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Main entry: bear, accept, assume, take over
Definition: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Usage: I'll accept the charges; She agreed to bear the responsibility
Definition: be designed to hold or take
Usage: This surface will not take the dye