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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·cip·i·ent       [ri-sip-ee-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
–adjective
2.receiving or capable of receiving.
[Origin: 1550–60; < L recipient- (s. of recipiéns), prp. of recipere to receive; see -ent]
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re·cip·i·ent       (rĭ-sĭp'ē-ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Functioning as a receiver; receptive.

n.  
  1. One that receives or is receptive.
  2. One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.


[Latin recipiēns, recipient-, present participle of recipere, to receive; see receive.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
recipient 
1558, from M.Fr. récipient (16c.), from L. recipientem (nom. recipiens), prp. of recipere (see receive).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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recipient

noun
1. a person who receives something 
2. the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: recipient role] 

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recipient re·cip·i·ent (rĭ-sĭp'ē-ənt)
adj.
Functioning as a receiver; receptive. n.
One who receives blood, tissue, or an organ from a donor.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

recipient communications
One who receives; receiver. E.g. "No recipient of the e-mail message will know about the other addressees who were listed in the BCC header."
(2000-03-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Recipient

Re*cip"i*ent\, n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r['e]cipient. See Receive.] A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Recipient

Re*cip"i*ent\, a. Receiving; receptive.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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