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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[-e]*s[=e]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt}, {Reception}, {Recipe}.] 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. [1913 Webster] Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The idea of solidity we receive by our touch. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. [1913 Webster] Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster] 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in. [1913 Webster] The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. [1913 Webster] 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. [1913 Webster] {Receiving ship}, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. [1913 Webster] Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. Usage: {Receive}, {Accept}. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. [1913 Webster] Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Receive \Re*ceive"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]v"), v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. [1913 Webster] 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: receive v 1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn: {receive}, {have}] 2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: {receive}, {get}, {find}, {obtain}, {incur}] 3: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: {pick up}, {receive}] 4: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: {experience}, {receive}, {have}, {get}] 5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [syn: {receive}, {take in}, {invite}] 6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" 7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: {welcome}, {receive}] [ant: {say farewell}] 8: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" 9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}] 10: have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" 11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" [syn: {get}, {receive}] 12: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament 13: regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"