Definitions of accept:

• verb:   of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
• verb:   receive willingly something given or offered

  Example: "Please accept my present"

• verb:   admit into a group or community

  Example: "Accept students for graduate study"

• verb:   be designed to hold or take
• verb:   tolerate or accommodate oneself to

  Example: "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"

• verb:   consider or hold as true

  Example: "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"

• verb:   be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

  Example: "The cow accepted the bull"

• verb:   react favorably to; consider right and proper

  Example: "People did not accept atonal music at that time"

• verb:   give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

  Example: "I cannot accept your invitation"

• verb:   make use of or accept for some purpose
• verb:   take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

  Example: "I'll accept the charges"