(v)accept, take, havereceive willingly something given or offered“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”
(v)accept, admit, take, take onadmit into a group or community“accept students for graduate study”, “We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member”
(v)bear, take over, accept, assumetake on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person“I'll accept the charges”, “She agreed to bear the responsibility”
(v)accept, live with, swallowtolerate or accommodate oneself to“I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions”, “I swallowed the insult”, “She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies”