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Definition of Receives
1. receive [v] - See also: receive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Receives
Literary usage of Receives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"By the will of Asenath Wheldon the library receives $8000 for a new ... By the
will of Mrs. Corra A. George Flint of Worcester the library receives $19000, ..."
2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1914)
"HEICHELHEIM, , commercial councillor, Glessen, receives, from Grand Duke of Hesse,
Cross of Honor of Order of Philip the Proud, Oct., 1913. HIRSCH, DR. ..."
3. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1874)
"AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT receives A NEW
... receives ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke Carter, Luther Holden (1878)
"The vena portas receives the gastric and cystic veins ; the latter vein ...
Within the liver the portal vein receives the blood from the branches of the ..."
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