accepteth

Agrees to take

Accepteth is an archaic form of accepts, using the third-person singular ending -eth that was standard in Early Modern English.

It appears mainly in the King James Bible and other religious or literary texts from that era: He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

agreement

covenant

Binding formal pledge

  • accordHarmony between parties
  • consentVoluntary agreement given
  • assentFormal expression of approval

terms · conditions · decree · commandment · ordinance · judgment · will · testimony · doctrine · teaching

receiving

gift

Item given freely

grace · mercy · truth · wisdom · counsel · invitation · inheritance · bequest · endowment · charity

archaic

receiveth

Archaic form of receives

heareth · yieldeth · endureth · suffereth · beareth · keepeth · giveth · loveth · knoweth

Opposites
action/response

acceptethrefuseth

Declines, biblically

rejects · refuses · spurns · denies · declines

linguistic register/era

acceptethaccepts

Consents to receive

receives · accept · takes · agrees

Phrases
Family

accepted

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