different between derive vs accept

English

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin d?r?v? (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from d? (“away”) + r?vus (“a stream”); see rival.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a?v/

Verb

derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)

1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
   • Book 33

     For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

Derived terms

• derivation
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• drivee, reived, revied, rieved

Asturian

Verb

derive

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of derivar

Italian

Noun

derive f pl

1. plural of deriva

Anagrams

• rideve
• rivede
• vedrei

Portuguese

Verb

derive

1. inflection of derivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

derive

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of derivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of derivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of derivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of derivar.

English

Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin accept?, accept?re (“receive”), frequentative of accipi?, formed from ad- + capi? (“to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?s?pt/, /æk?s?pt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?s?pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt
• Homophone: except (in some dialects)
• Hyphenation: ac?cept

Verb

accept (third-person singular simple present accepts, present participle accepting, simple past and past participle accepted)

1. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.

3. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

4. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

6. (transitive) To endure patiently.

7. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
8. (transitive) To receive officially.

9. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• receive
• take
• withtake
• admit
• onfang (dialectal, obsolete)

Antonyms

• reject
• decline

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

accept (comparative more accept, superlative most accept)

1. (obsolete) Accepted.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ak?t??ept]

Etymology 1

From German Akzept, from Latin acceptus.

Noun

accept n (plural accepte)

1. acceptance

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

accept

1. first-person singular present indicative of accepta
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of accepta

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?s?p(t)]

Verb

accept (third-person singular present accepts, present participle acceptin, past acceptit, past participle acceptit)

1. accept

References

• Eagle, Andy, editor (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Swedish

Noun

accept c

1. (finance, business) a bill of exchange that has been accepted
2. (finance, business) the acceptance of a bill of exchange

Declension