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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>RECEIVE</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="receive"> receive, verb, -ceived, -ceiving.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to take (something offered or sent); take into one's hands or possession. Ex. to receive gifts. <DD> 2. to have (something) bestowed, conferred, or granted. Ex. to receive a name, to receive a degree. <DD> 3. to be given; get. Ex. to receive payment. The boy at camp received a letter from his mother. <DD> 4. to take in; support; bear; hold. Ex. The boat received a heavy load. A bowl receives the water from the faucet. <DD> 5. to take or let into the mind. Ex. to receive new ideas, to receive news, to receive an education. <DD> 6. to accept as true or valid. Ex. a theory widely received. <DD> 7. to experience; suffer; endure. Ex. to receive a blow, to receive punishment. <DD> 8. to let into one's house or society; accept. Ex. The people of the neighborhood were glad to receive the new family. <DD> 9. to meet (guests, visitors, or officials); greet upon arrival. Ex. Crowds gathered to receive the queen. <DD> 10. to admit to a place; give shelter to. Ex. to receive strangers. <DD> 11. to agree to listen to. Ex. to receive confession. <DD> 12. to admit to a state or condition. Ex. to receive a person into the church. <DD>v.i. 1. to be at home to friends and visitors. Ex. She receives on Tuesdays. <DD> 2. (Radio, Television.) to change electrical waves broadcast through the air into sound or picture signals. Ex. Our television receives well since we had a new antenna put on. <DD> 3. to take, accept, admit, or get something. Ex. Freely ye have received, freely give (Matthew 10:8). Everyone shall receive according to his deserts (Joseph Butler). <DD> 4. to take the sacrament of Holy Communion. <DD> 5. to return a served ball, as in tennis. </DL> <A NAME="received"> received, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> commonly accepted; commonplace. Ex. They exchange with wary civility the well-worn coins of received ideas about the weather, politics, school, war, and Empire that they have spent a lifetime accumulating (Brendan Gill). </DL> <A NAME="receivedpronunciation"> Received Pronunciation,<DL COMPACT><DD> the pronunciation of English used by educated Englishmen everywhere. </DL> <A NAME="receivedstandard"> Received Standard,<DL COMPACT><DD> the English spoken by educated Englishmen everywhere. </DL> <A NAME="receiver"> receiver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who receives. Ex. The receiver of a gift should thank the giver. <DD> 2. a thing that receives. Ex. Public telephones have coin receivers for nickels, dimes, and quarters. <DD> 3. the part of the telephone held to the ear; telephone receiver. Ex. Even before I picked up the receiver, I knew that something was wrong (New Yorker). <DD> 4. a device that changes electrical waves broadcast through the air into sound and picture signals. Ex. a radio receiver, a television receiver. <DD> 5. a person appointed by law to take charge of the property of others. Ex. He will act as receiver for the firm that has failed in business. <DD> 6. a player who catches a forward pass, kickoff, or punt in a football game. <DD> 7. a treasurer. <DD> 8. a person who knowingly receives stolen goods or harbors offenders. <DD> 9. (Chemistry.) <DD> a. a vessel for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. <DD> b. a vessel for receiving and containing gases. </DL> <A NAME="receivergeneral"> receiver general,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Massachusetts) an elected state official who collects assessments. </DL> <A NAME="receivership"> receivership, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the position of a receiver in charge of the property of others. <DD> 2. the condition of being in the control of a receiver. </DL> <A NAME="receivingblanket"> receiving blanket,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, light blanket used to wrap an infant in, especially after a bath. Ex. Her husband has used more diapers and receiving blankets than she has in three years with two children (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="receivingend"> receiving end, expr. to be at (or on) the receiving end, to be the recipient (of something, originally something unpleasant but now applied to anything). Ex. Middle-aged obese housewives are the most common to be found at the receiving end, and about half of them are given the drugs because of primary diagnosis of depression (Science Journal). </DL> <A NAME="receivingline"> receiving line,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of persons standing in line to receive the guests as they arrive, as at a formal reception or other social function. </DL> <A NAME="receivingset"> receiving set,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an apparatus for receiving sound, or sound and picture images, sent by radio waves; radio or television set. <DD> 2. an apparatus for receiving messages sent by telegraph or teletype. </DL> <A NAME="recelebrate"> recelebrate, transitive verb, -brated, -brating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to celebrate again. </DL> <A NAME="recelebration"> recelebration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of celebrating a second time. <DD> 2. the state of being celebrated again. </DL> <A NAME="recency"> recency, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being recent. </DL> <A NAME="recense"> recense, transitive verb, -censed, -censing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to review; revise. </DL> <A NAME="recension"> recension, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the revision of a text, especially when critical. <DD> 2. a revised version of a text. </DL> <A NAME="recensionist"> recensionist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who reviews or revises, as an editor. </DL> <A NAME="recent"> recent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. done or made not long ago. Ex. recent events. <DD> 2. not long past; modern. Ex. a recent period in history. <DD> 3. lately or newly come. adv. recently. noun recentness. </DL> <A NAME="recent"> Recent, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the present geological epoch, after the Pleistocene epoch of the Cenozoic era; Holocene. Ex. ... the Holocene or Recent has lasted only 20,000 years (Beals and Hoijer). <DD> 2. the series of rocks formed during this epoch. <DD>adj. of or having to do with this epoch or its rocks. </DL> <A NAME="recept"> recept, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) an idea supposedly formed in animals' minds by the reception of similar percepts, such as successive percepts of the same object. </DL> <A NAME="receptacle"> receptacle, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any container or place used to put things in to keep them conveniently. Bags, baskets, and vaults are all receptacles. <DD> 2. the stalklike part of a flower that bears the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils. Ex. All these parts--calyx, corolla, stamens, and carpels--are attached to the receptacle, the somewhat specialized summit of the pedicel (Fred W. Emerson). <DD> 3. a socket or outlet into which a plug can be inserted to make an electrical connection. </DL> <A NAME="receptible"> receptible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. that can be received; receivable. <DD> 2. that can receive. </DL> <A NAME="reception"> reception, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of receiving. Ex. Her calm reception of the bad news surprised us. <DD> 2. the fact of being received. Ex. Her reception as a club member pleased her. <DD> 3. the manner of receiving. Ex. We were given a warm reception on returning home. <DD> 4. a gathering to receive and welcome people; party; entertainment. Ex. Our school gave a reception to welcome our new principal. <DD> 5. (Radio, Television.) <DD> a. the quality of the sound or picture reproduced in a receiving set. Ex. Reception was poor because we were so far from the transmitter. <DD> b. the act or process of receiving radio waves. </DL> <A NAME="receptioncenter"> reception center,<DL COMPACT><DD> a place at which people are received and taken care of in some way. </DL> <A NAME="receptionist"> receptionist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person employed to receive callers. Ex. She is a receptionist in a doctor's office. </DL> <A NAME="receptionroom"> reception room,<DL COMPACT><DD> a room for the reception of visitors. </DL> <A NAME="receptive"> receptive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> able, quick, or ready to receive ideas, suggestions, impressions, or stimuli. Ex. a receptive mind. adv. receptively. noun receptiveness. </DL> <A NAME="receptivity"> receptivity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ability or readiness to receive. </DL> <A NAME="receptor"> receptor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a cell or group of cells sensitive to stimuli, such as a sense organ or the terminal portion of a sensory or afferent neuron. Ex. The eye has two kinds of visual receptors, rods and cones (Science News Letter). <DD> 2. a chemical radical in a cell, to which a virus or protein substance becomes attached. <DD> 3. =receiver. </DL> <A NAME="recess"> recess, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a time during which work stops. Ex. Our school has an hour's recess at noon. There will be a short recess before the next meeting. (SYN) intermission. <DD> 2. a part in a wall, set back from the rest; alcove; niche. Ex. This long bench will fit nicely in that recess. <DD> 3. an inner place or part; quiet, secluded place. Ex. the recesses of a cave, (Figurative.) the recesses of one's secret thoughts. <DD>v.i. to take a recess. Ex. The committee recessed for lunch. <DD>v.t. 1. to put in a recess; set back. Ex. to recess a window. <DD> 2. to make a recess in. Ex. to recess a wall. </DL> <A HREF="recessio.dic">NEXT</A>