Accept, a verb, means "to receivewillingly," "to recognize as true," or "to agree to undertake." Except can be a preposition meaning"with the exclusion of" or a verb meaning "leave out."
The controller accepts the new memoryaddress.Ginga accepted the leadership of theredesign team.
The entire team was present except theproject manager. [preposition]
The professor cannot except any studentsfrom the final. [verb]
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