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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECE'IVE, v.t. [L. recipio; re and capio, to take.]
1. To take, as a thing offered or sent; to accept. He had the offer of a donation, but he would not receive it.
2. To take as due or as a reward. He received the money on the day it was payable. He received ample compensation.
3. To take or obtain from another in any manner, and either good or evil.
Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job 2.
4. To take, as a thing communicated; as, to receive a wound by a shot; to receive a disease by contagion.
The idea of a solidity we receive by our touch.
5. To take or obtain intellectually; as, to receive an opinion or notion from others.
6. To embrace.
Receive with meekness the engrafted word. James 1.
7. To allow; to hold; to retain; as a custom long received.
8. To admit.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Psalms 73.
9. To welcome; to lodge and entertain; as a guest.
They kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain and because of the cold. Acts 28.
10. To admit into membership or fellowship.
Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye. Romans 14.
11. To take in or on; to hold; to contain.
The brazen altar was too little to receive the burnt-offering. 1 Kings 8.
12. To be endowed with.
Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you. Acts 1.
13. To take into a place or state.
After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven. Mark 16.
14. To take or have as something ascribed; as, to receive praise or blame. Revelation 4. Revelation 5.
15. To bear with or suffer. 2 Corinthians 11.
16. To believe in. John 1.
17. To accept or admit officially or in an official character. The minister was received by the emperor or court.
18. To take stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn: receive, have]
2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur]
3: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: pick up, receive]
4: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive, have, get]
5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive, take in, invite]
6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: welcome, receive] [ant: say farewell]
8: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals"
9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
10: have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"
11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: get, receive]
12: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13: regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Merriam Webster's

verb (received; receiving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French receivre, from Latin recipere, from re- + capere to take — more at heave Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to come into possession of ; acquire <receive a gift> 2. a. to act as a receptacle or container for <the cistern receives water from the roof> b. to assimilate through the mind or senses <receive new ideas> 3. a. to permit to enter ; admit b. welcome, greet c. to react to in a specified manner 4. to accept as authoritative, true, or accurate ; believe 5. a. to support the weight or pressure of ; bear b. to take (a mark or impression) from the weight of something <some clay receives clear impressions> c. acquire, experience <received his early schooling at home> d. to suffer the hurt or injury of <received a broken nose> intransitive verb 1. to be a recipient 2. to be at home to visitors <receives on Tuesdays> 3. to convert incoming radio waves into perceptible signals 4. to prepare to take possession of the ball from a kick in football

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 take or accept (something offered or given) into one's hands or possession. 2 acquire; be provided with or given (have received no news; will receive a small fee). 3 accept delivery of (something sent). 4 have conferred or inflicted on one (received many honours; received a heavy blow on the head). 5 a stand the force or weight of. b bear up against; encounter with opposition. 6 consent to hear (a confession or oath) or consider (a petition). 7 (also absol.) accept or have dealings with (stolen property knowing of the theft). 8 admit; consent or prove able to hold; provide accommodation for (received many visitors). 9 (of a receptacle) be able to hold (a specified amount or contents). 10 greet or welcome, esp. in a specified manner (how did they receive your offer?). 11 entertain as a guest etc. 12 admit to membership of a society, organization, etc. 13 be marked more or less permanently with (an impression etc.). 14 convert (broadcast signals) into sound or pictures. 15 Tennis be the player to whom the server serves (the ball). 16 (often as received adj.) give credit to; accept as authoritative or true (received opinion). 17 eat or drink (the Eucharistic bread and wine). Phrases and idioms: be at (or on) the receiving end colloq. bear the brunt of something unpleasant. received pronunciation (or Received Standard) the form of spoken English based on educated speech in southern England. receiving-order Brit. an order of a court authorizing a receiver (see RECEIVER 3) to act. Derivatives: receivable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF receivre, reçoivre f. L recipere recept- (as RE-, capere take)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Receive Re*ceive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Received; p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.] [OF. receiver, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See Capable, Heave, and cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.] 1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. --Locke. 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. 4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. 6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage. Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. Usage: Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Receive Re*ceive", v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(receives, receiving, received) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you receive something, you get it after someone gives it to you or sends it to you. They will receive their awards at a ceremony in Stockholm... I received your letter of November 7. = get VERB: V n, V n 2. You can use receive to say that certain kinds of thing happen to someone. For example if they are injured, you can say that they received an injury. He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work... She was suffering from whiplash injuries received in a car crash. VERB: V n, V n 3. When you receive a visitor or a guest, you greet them. The following evening the duchess was again receiving guests... VERB: V n 4. If you say that something is received in a particular way, you mean that people react to it in that way. The resolution had been received with great disappointment within the PLO... VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv 5. When a radio or television receives signals that are being transmitted, it picks them up and converts them into sound or pictures. The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal. VERB: V n, also V 6. If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to. You saw hate in their eyes and you were on the receiving end of that hate... PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Take, accept, derive, obtain, acquire, get. 2. Admit, take in. 3. Entertain, welcome, greet. 4. Allow, permit, tolerate. 5. Believe, embrace, give credence to. 6. Hold, contain, have capacity for, retain, admit. 7. Suffer.

Moby Thesaurus

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