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recipient

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re⋅cip⋅i⋅ent

  [ri-sip-ee-uhnt]
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–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 recipiēns), prp. of recipere to receive; see -ent
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re·cip·i·ent   (rĭ-sĭp'ē-ənt)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cip·i·ent
Pronunciation: ri-'sip-E-&nt
Function: noun
: an individual who receives biological material (as blood oran organ) from a donor
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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.

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Computing Dictionary

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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