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re⋅ceive

[ri-seev]

verb, -ceived, -ceiv⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.

2.	to have (something) bestowed, conferred, etc.: to receive an honorary degree.

3.	to have delivered or brought to one: to receive a letter.

4.	to get or be informed of: to receive instructions; to receive news.

5.	to be burdened with; sustain: to receive a heavy load.

6.	to hold, bear, or contain: The nut receives a bolt and a washer. The plaster receives the impression of the mold.

7.	to take into the mind; apprehend mentally: to receive an idea.

8.	to accept from another by hearing or listening: A priest received his confession.

9.	to meet with; experience: to receive attention.

10.	to suffer the injury of: He received a terrific blow on the forehead.

11.	to be at home to (visitors): They received their neighbors on Sunday.

12.	to greet or welcome (guests, visitors, etc.) upon arriving: They received us at the front door.

13.	to admit (a person) to a place: The butler received him and asked him to wait in the drawing room.

14.	to admit into an organization, membership, etc.: to receive someone into the group.

15.	to accept as authoritative, valid, true, or approved: a principle universally received.

16.	to react to in the manner specified: to receive a proposal with contempt; She received the job offer with joy.

–verb (used without object)

17.	to receive something.

18.	to receive visitors or guests.

19.	Radio. to convert incoming electromagnetic waves into the original signal.

20.	to receive the Eucharist: He receives every Sunday.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME receven < ONF receivre < L recipere, equiv. to re- re- + -cipere, comb. form of capere to take

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re·ceive   (rĭ-sēv') Pronunciation Key
v.   re·ceived, re·ceiv·ing, re·ceives

v.   tr.

To take or acquire (something given, offered, or transmitted); get.
To hear or see (information, for example): receive bad news; received a good report of the group's activities.
To have (a title, for example) bestowed on oneself.
To meet with; experience: receive sympathetic treatment.
To have inflicted or imposed on oneself: receive a penalty.
To bear the weight or force of; support: The beams receive the full weight of the walls and roof.
To take or intercept the impact of (a blow, for example).
To take in, hold, or contain: a tank that receives rainwater.
To admit: receive new members.
To greet or welcome: receive guests.
To perceive or acquire mentally: receive a bad impression.
To regard with approval or disapproval: essays that were received well.
To listen to and acknowledge formally and authoritatively: The judge received their oath of allegiance.

v. intr.

To acquire or get something; be a recipient.
To admit or welcome guests or visitors: The couple are not receiving this winter.
To partake of the Eucharist.
Electronics To convert incoming electromagnetic waves into visible or audible signals.
Football To catch or take possession of a kicked ball.

[Middle English receiven, from Old North French receivre, from Latin recipere : re-, re- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]

receiving

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