recognize, acknowledge, know, recognise - accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

sweep up, embrace, espouse, adopt - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"

believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

receive - accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"

approbate - accept (documents) as valid

accept - react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"

reconcile, resign, submit - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

acknowledge - accept as legally binding and valid; "acknowledge the deed"

take a bow - acknowledge praise or accept credit; "They finally took a bow for what they did"

abide by, honor, honour, respect, observe - show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

admit, take on, accept, take - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

welcome - accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals"

honor, honour - accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts"

adopt, borrow, take up, take over - take up and practice as one's own

give - consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"

react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something

agree - consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"

settle - accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price"

contract in - consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use

countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

buckle under, knuckle under, succumb, give in, yield - consent reluctantly

take in charge, undertake - accept as a charge

accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something

profess - receive into a religious order or congregation

accept, take, have - receive 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"

let in, admit, include - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

carry-the can, face the music - accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

brook, endure, tolerate, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

co-opt - take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"

react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something