Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“accepteth” is a form of

accept

/əkˈsɛpt/ verb, adjective, noun

Forms accepts accepting accepted acceptest acceptedst accepteth

  1. verb (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
  2. verb (transitive) To admit to a place or a group. “The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.”
  3. verb (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. “I accept the notion that Christ lived.”
  4. verb (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
  5. verb (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to. “I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.”
  6. verb (transitive) To endure patiently. “I accept my punishment.”
  7. verb (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance. “We need to accept the fact that restaurants are closed due to COVID-19 and that no amount of wishing or screaming will make them reopen any sooner.”
  8. verb (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
  9. adjective (Early Modern, obsolete) Accepted.
  10. noun (computing) Something that is accepted.

Synonyms

take have consent go for admit take on bear take over assume live with swallow

Antonyms

reject decline refuse

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; --often followed by of. If you accept them, then their worth is great. Shak.
  2. verb To receive with favor; to approve.
  3. adjective Accepted. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [F. accepter, L. acceptare, freq. of accipere; ad + capere to take; akin to E. heave.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “accept”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “accept” (best matches first).

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