About The Word Receive
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What's The Definition Of Receive?
[v] convert into sounds or pictures, of incoming radio signals
[v] 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" [v] accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" [v] bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [v] partake of the Eucharist, in a Christian church [v] express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [v] of perceptual input: receive a signal, receive news, receive a verdict, etc. [v] of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [v] receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [v] get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [v] have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" [v] experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonyms | Synonyms for Receive: encounter | experience | find | get | get | have | have | incur | invite | meet | obtain | pick up | take in | undergo | welcome Related Terms | Find terms related to Receive: See Also | accept | accept | acquire | assume | celebrate | change | comprehend | convert | experience | fence | fete | get | graduate | greet | have | hear | horripilate | inherit | partake | perceive | recognise | recognize | respire | see | suffer | sustain | take | take | take in | take up | touch | welcome Receive In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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