A Topical Dictionary: Search for Received

Dictionary Results For "Received" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɹɪˈsiːvd/,
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-received.ogg
Hyphenation: re·ceived

Verb

received

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Received (r[-e]*s[=e]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving.]
[OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref.
re- re- + capere to take, seize. See Capable, Heave, and
cf. Receipt, Reception, Recipe.]
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.
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Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak.
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The idea of solidity we receive by our touch.
--Locke.
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3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give
credence or acceptance to.
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Many other things there be which they have received
to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark
vii. 4.
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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.
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They kindled a fire, and received us every one.
--Acts xxviii.
2.
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5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have
capacity for; to be able to take in.
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The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too
little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings
viii. 64.
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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.
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Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton.
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7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
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8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.
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Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited
sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.
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Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit.

Usage: 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.
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Who, if we knew
What we receive, would either not accept
Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down.
--Milton.
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WordNet received
adj 1: conforming to the established language usage of educated
native speakers; "standard English" (American);
"received standard English is sometimes called the
King's English" (British) [syn: standard] [ant: nonstandard]
2: widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom
about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received
political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"-
Economist [syn: accepted]

Moby Dictionary
Christian , accepted , acclaimed , acknowledged , admired , admitted ,
advocated , affirmed , allowed , applauded , approved , authentic ,
authenticated , authoritative , avowed , backed , being done , believed ,
canonical , cathedral , certified , comme il faut , conceded ,
confessed , confirmed , conformable , consuetudinary , conventional ,
correct , countersigned , credited , cried up , current , customary ,
de rigueur , decent , decorous , endorsed , established , evangelical ,
everyday , ex cathedra , faithful , familiar , favored , favorite , firm ,
fixed , folk , formal , generally accepted , granted , hallowed ,
handed down , heroic , highly touted , hoary , immemorial ,
in good odor , inveterate , legendary , literal , long-established ,
long-standing , magisterial , meet , mythological , normal , notarized ,
obtaining , of long standing , of the faith , of the folk , official ,
oral , ordinary , orthodox , orthodoxical , popular , prescribed ,
prescriptive , prevalent , professed , proper , ratified , recognized ,
recommended , regular , regulation , right , rooted , sanctioned ,
scriptural , sealed , seemly , set , signed , sound , stamped , standard ,
stock , supported , sworn and affirmed , sworn to , textual ,
time-honored , traditional , traditionalistic , tried and true , true ,
true-blue , trusted , uncontested , understood , underwritten ,
undisputed , undoubted , unquestioned , unsuspected , unwritten , usual ,
validated , venerable , warranted , well-thought-of , widespread ,
wonted , worshipful