accept

• vt.受け入れる；認識する；引き受ける；受け入れる；受け入れる
• vi. 認知する；同意する；受け入れる

ceptの語源である「つかむ」については、capture, to seizeを参照のこと。ここではcaptureは「理解する」「受け入れる」という意味で使われている。

accept

accept: [14] Accept comes ultimately from Latin capere, which meant ‘take’ (and was derived from the same root as English heave). The addition of the prefix ad- ‘to’ produced accipere, literally ‘take to oneself’, hence ‘receive’. The past participle of this, acceptus, formed the basis of a new verb, acceptāre, denoting repeated action, which made its way via Old French into English.
=> heave

accept (v.)

late 14c., "to take what is offered," from Old French accepter (14c.) or directly from Latin acceptare "take or receive willingly," frequentative of accipere "receive," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Accepted; accepting.

1. He would have to accept it；there was no other way.

これに対して彼は他に選択の余地がなく、受け入れるしかない。

2.Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.

昔ながらの電話機の中には、まだトークンだけが収容されています。

3.Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat.

最初は政府は失敗を認めたくなかった。

4.They don 't accept any foolishness when it comes to spending money.

お金を使う問題では、彼らはいつも慎重だ。

5.The men voted by a four-to-one majority to accept the pay offer.

男性従業員は4対1の多数票で給与条件を受け入れた。