Reaccept

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To accept again or to re-approve something previously accepted
2. To grant approval to an application or request once more
3. To receive or acknowledge something a second time after an initial acceptance

Etymology: The verb "reaccept" is a straightforward formation: the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "accept." Nothing about it is hidden or surprising, so the history is best told plainly. "Accept" itself traces back to Latin "accipere," built from "ad-" ("to") and "capere" ("to take"), so the core sense is "to take to oneself." That sense of taking something in and receiving it passed through Old French "accepter" into Middle English as "accepten," and by the time "accept" was established in English, the notion of receiving something willingly was already its central meaning. Adding "re-" creates the idea of doing that receiving a second time, typically after an earlier refusal, withdrawal or revocation. Because "re-" is a productive prefix in English, speakers can attach it to nearly any verb meaning to take or approve, so "reaccept" arose as a natural, transparent compound rather than a word with its own separate history.

Synonyms: accept again, readmit, reapprove, reassume, redeem

Antonyms: reject, decline, refuse, dismiss, repudiate