Receive
Definition of Receive
Re`ceive´ Pronunciation: rė`sēv´ | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 3. | To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. | | 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. | | 5. | To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in. | | 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. | | 7. | To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. | | 8. | (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. | | v. i. | 1. | To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. | | 2. | (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. |
Related Words
abide by, accede, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acclaim, acknowledge receipt of, acquiesce, acquiesce in, agree, agree to, agree with, applaud, ascertain, assent, assimilate, assume, be certain, be paid, be subjected to, be told, bear, believe, believe without reservation, buy, catch up, cheer, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clear, clench, clinch, clutch, collect, come by, come in for, come into, complete, comply, comprehend, comprise, consent, contain, count in, cover, credit, derive, derive from, drag down, drain off, draw, draw from, draw off, earn, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, endure, envisage, experience, fill, fill in, fill out, find out, gain, gather, get, get hold of, give an entree, give faith to, give the nod, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, gross, hail, have, have coming in, hear, hold, hold with, home on, hug, identify, immit, in toto, include, incorporate, inherit, intromit, lay hands on, lay hold of, learn, let in, loot, make, map, mark paid, meet, meet with, nail, net, nip, nip up, nod, nod assent, number among, occupy, palm, partake, pick up, pillage, pinpoint, pocket, possess, profit, pull down, put faith in, receipt, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, scan, secure, seize, set store by, snap up, snatch, spot, steal, subscribe to, suffer, sustain, swallow, sweep, take, take by assault, take by storm, take for granted, take hold of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take kindly to, take on, take on faith, take on trust, take over, take possession, take stock in, take up, throw open to, trigger, trust, tune in, undergo, vote for, welcome, whip up, yes, yield assent
|
Browse
Recapitulator
Recapitulatory
Recapper
Recaption
Recaptor
Recapture
Recarbonize
Recarnify
Recarriage
Recarry
Recast
Recche
Reccheles
Recede
Receipt
Receiptment
Receiptor
Receit
Receivability
Receivable
-Receive-
Receivedness
Receiver
Receiver's certificate
Receivership
Receiving reservoir
Receiving ship
Recelebrate
Recency
Recense
Recension
Recensionist
Recent
Recenter
Recently
Recentness
Receptacle
Receptacular
Receptaculum
Receptary
Receptibility
|