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Definition of Receive

1. Verb. Get something; come into possession of. "They receive the money "; "Receive letters from the front"

2. Verb. Receive a specified treatment (abstract). "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

3. Verb. Register (perceptual input). "They receive the information to them"; "Pick up a signal"

4. Verb. Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). "Have a feeling"

5. Verb. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs. "Sam cannot receive Sue "; "The community warmly received the refugees"

6. Verb. Accept as true or valid. "He received Christ"

7. Verb. Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival.

8. Verb. Convert into sounds or pictures. "Receive the incoming radio signals"

9. Verb. Experience as a reaction. "My proposal met with much opposition"

10. Verb. Have or give a reception. "The lady is receiving Sunday morning"

11. Verb. Receive as a retribution or punishment. "He got 5 years in prison"

12. Verb. Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament.

13. Verb. Regard favorably or with disapproval. "Her new collection of poems was not well received"

Definition of Receive

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.

Definition of Receive

1. Verb. to get, to be given something while the other party is the active partner (opposite: to obtain). ¹

2. Verb. to take possession of ¹

3. Verb. To act as a host for guests. ¹

4. Verb. To suffer from (an injury) ¹

5. Verb. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter. ¹

6. Verb. (sports) To be in a position to take possition, or hit back the ball. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Receive

1. to come into possession of [v -CEIVED, -CEIVING, -CEIVES]

Medical Definition of Receive

1. 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. 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. Synonym: To accept, take, allow, hold, retain, admit. 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) Origin: OF. Receiver, recevoir, F. Recevoir, fr. L. Recipere; pref. Re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See Capable, Heave, and cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Receive

receipted receipting receiptless receiptor receiptors receipts receit receiue receiued receiv'd

receivability receivable receivables receival receivals receive (current term) received receivedness receivedst receiver

receiver-creditor relation receiver cell receiver operating characteristic receiver operating characteristic curve receivers receivership receiverships receives receiveth receiving

Literary usage of Receive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"was answered, You must there receive the comforts of all your toil, and have joy for all your sorrow; Gal. 6 7. you must reap what you have sown, ..."

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