Literary notes about accept (AI summary)
In literature, “accept” functions as a versatile verb that can signal willingness, acquiescence, or even defiant resolve. It appears in contexts of both physical and abstract reception—from the divine plea to receive gifts ([1]) to a critical embrace of a challenging proposition ([2]). The word is employed in epic narratives and sacred texts to convey solemn promises or commands, such as in the utterances of ancient heroes ([3], [4]) and in the measured acknowledgment of moral codes ([5]). At the same time, it captures personal determination in mundane or emotional exchanges, as when a character resolutely refuses to acknowledge an imposed fate ([6]) or finds solace in accepting life’s inevitable turns ([7]).
- Daughter of God, accept These gifts of mine!
— from The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English by Sappho - To understand, to accept, and to use the situation in which a mortal may find himself is the function of art and reason.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - O, be gracious unto me and make Bhima accept me.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - O son of Kunti, accept of me these Varuna weapons along with the mysteries of hurling and withdrawing them.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - “But one must,” said Emma, “to some extent bow to the opinion of the world and accept its moral code.”
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - I won't accept the divorce and I won't leave you--I won't, I won't!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - We must accept our own actions and start afresh from them.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
