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Definition of Received

1. Adjective. Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers. "Received standard English is sometimes called the King's English"

2. Adjective. Widely accepted as true or worthy. "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"

Definition of Received

1. Verb. (past of receive) ¹

2. Adjective. Generally accepted as correct or true ¹

3. Adjective. (by implication) Unchallenged axioms ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Received

1. receive [v] - See also: receive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Received

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

receivable receivables receival receivals receive received (current term) receivedness receivedst receiver receiver-creditor relation

receiver cell receiver operating characteristic receiver operating characteristic curve receivers receivership receiverships receives receiveth receiving receiving blanket

Literary usage of Received

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

1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1903)
"received the friendly letter indited in the sovereign's own hand, of which, alas ! no record has been kept; it is irretrievably lost, together with all the ..."

2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"They found them, by-and-bye, and were hospitably received and well treated—if to be received by an Indian chief who has taken off his last rag in order to ..."

3. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"The Author hospitably received by a great Lord. His Conversation with that Lord. ALTHOUGH I cannot say that I was ill treated in this Island, ..."

4. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"It was some days, however, before they received any invitation ... Her ladyship received them civilly, but it was plain that their company was by no means ..."

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