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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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