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Receptive

Receptive Meaning & Definition
Receptive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Receptive?

[adj] of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
[adj] open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
[adj] ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Receptive: acceptant | acceptive | admissive | afferent | centripetal | hospitable | open to(p) | pervious | sensory(a)

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Receptive In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. See {Receive}.] Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind. Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. --Glanvill.

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