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English Dictionary: receive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
receive v get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" Synonym(s): receive, have 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" Synonym(s): receive, get, find, obtain, incur register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" Synonym(s): pick up, receive go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" Synonym(s): experience, receive, have, get express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" Synonym(s): receive, take in, invite accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" bid welcome to; greet upon arrival Synonym(s): welcome, receive Antonym(s): say farewell convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonym(s): meet, encounter, receive have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" Synonym(s): get, receive partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receive \Receive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receiver, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See 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. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. 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. Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. --Locke. 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. 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. They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. 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. Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. {Receiving ship}, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. 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. Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receive \Receive"\, v. i. 1. To receive* visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays. 2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.