Obs. [ad. L. accept-us, pa. pple. of accip-ĕre to receive, take what is offered, f. ac- = ad- to + -cipĕre = capĕre to take.] ACCEPTED.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Cor. vi. 2. In tyme accept, or wel plesynge, I haue herd thee.
1432–50. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls Ser.), I. 108. Thapostle testifienge, that ‘thei diedde alle, the promissiones not accepte.’
c. 1570. Barclay, Mir. of Good Manners (1570), E ij. Suche maners shall thee make … before all other accept and amiable.
1526. Tindale, Luke i. 75. In suche holynes and ryghtewesnes that are accept before him.
1599. Shaks., Hen. V., V. ii. 82. We will suddenly Passe our accept and peremptorie answer.
