ACCEPT, to take pleasure in ; either in whole, or in part. The phrase to accept the person of any one, as also to respect the person, &c, (which see) is a Hebrew idiom, found also in the New Testament, and signifies to regard any one with favor or partiality. It is used both in a good and bad sense ; e.g. in a good sense, Gen. xix. 21 ; Job xlii. 8 ; Mai. i. 8. ; in a bad sense, to show partiality, Job xiii. 8. 10; xxxii. 21 ; Psalm lxxxii. 2 ; Prov. xviii. 5, &c.