cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient

(Latin: catch, seize, take, take hold of, receive, contain, take, hold; caught, taken prisoner)

Don't confuse the words in this cap-, cip- unit with those in the capit-, capt-, "head; leader, chief", or "first" unit of words.


accept
1. To receive with favor, willingness, or consent: "She was asked to accept the gift for her children."
2. To give an affirmative answer to: "He was willing to accept the invitation."
3. To receive as satisfactory or sufficient; to admit: "She was willing to accept his apology."
4. To accept an offer, position, etc.: "The teacher will accept the offer of assistant principal."

Accept is a verb meaning "to receive, to take", etc.: "Will you accept this gift?" "She accepted his proposal."

acceptable
acceptably
acceptance
acceptation
Accipe hoc.
Take this.
accipiter
1. A hawk, typically with short broad wings and a long tail; such as, a sparrow hawk or goshawk.
2. A hawk of the genus Accipiter, characterized by short wings and a long tail.
anticipant
1. Coming or acting in advance: "The clouds are anticipant of a storm."
2. Expectant; anticipating: "The team was anticipant of victory.
3. Someone who anticipates.
anticipatable
1. To expect an advance thought, discussion, or treatment to.
2. To look forward to (an obligation) before a due date.
3. To foresee and to deal with in advance; to forestall.
4. To use or expend in advance of actual possession.
5. To act before (another) often so as to check or counteract something.
anticipate, anticipating, anticipated
1. To realize beforehand; to foretaste or to foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
2. To expect; to look forward to; to be sure of: "She anticipated a favorable decision."
3. To perform (an action) before another has had time to act.
4. To answer (a question), obey (a command), or satisfy (a request) before it is made: "He anticipated each of my orders."
5. To nullify, to prevent, or to forestall by taking countermeasures in advance: "They were anticipating a military attack."
6. To consider or mention before the proper time: "The speaker was anticipating more difficult questions."
7. To be before (another) in doing, thinking, achieving, etc.: "Many modern inventions were anticipated by Leonardo da Vinci."
8. To expend (funds) before they are legitimately available for use to discharge (an obligation) before it is due.
9. To think, speak, act, or feel an emotional response in advance.
anticipation
1. The act of anticipating.
2. An expectation.
3. Foreknowledge, intuition, and presentiment.
4. The use or assignment of funds; especially, from a trust fund, before they are legitimately available for use.
5. Music Introduction on a weak beat of one note of a new chord before the previous chord is resolved.
anticipatory
1. Experienced or done in the expectation of a future event.
2. Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation.
apperceive
apperception
apperceptive

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