Definitions of receive
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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.
-
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.
-
To
allow,
as
a
custom,
tradition,
or
the
like;
to
give
credence
or
acceptance
to.
-
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.
-
To
admit;
to
take
in;
to
hold;
to
contain;
to
have
capacity
for;
to
be
able
to
take
in.
-
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.
-
To
take
from
a
thief,
as
goods
known
to
be
stolen.
-
To
bat
back (
the
ball)
when
served.
-
To
take
or
accept
from
another;
to
get
knowledge
of;
as,
to
receive
news;
admit
to
one's
company;
entertain;
as,
to
receive
guests;
to
serve
as
a
holder
for;
as,
a
channel
to
receive
the
overflow;
to
undergo;
as,
to
receive
a
shock;
to
give
lodging
to,
or
to
harbor;
as,
to
receive
stolen
goods.
-
To
take
what
is
offered,
etc.:
to
accept:
to
embrace
with
the
mind:
to
assent
to:
to
allow:
to
give
acceptance
to:
to
give
admittance
to:
to
welcome
or
entertain:
to
hold
or
contain: (
law)
to
take
goods
knowing
them
to
be
stolen: (
B.)
to
bear
with,
to
believe
in.
-
To
get
back;
take;
accept;
admit.
-
To
receive
visitors;
to
be
at
home
to
receive
calls;
as,
she
receives
on
Tuesdays.
-
To
return,
or
bat
back,
the
ball
when
served;
as,
it
is
your
turn
to
receive.
-
To
obtain
or
be
presented
with
something;
to
take
what
is
given
or
paid;
to
welcome
guests.
-
of
perceptual
input:
receive
a
signal,
receive
news,
receive
a
verdict,
etc.
-
convert
into
sounds
or
pictures,
of
incoming
radio
signals
-
accept
as
true
or
valid; "
He
received
Christ"
-
partake
of
the
Eucharist,
in
a
Christian
church
-
receive
as
a
retribution
or
punishment; "
He
got
5
years
in
prison"
-
have
or
give
a
reception; "
The
lady
is
receiving
Sunday
morning"
-
convert
into
sounds
or
pictures; "
receive
the
incoming
radio
signals"
-
regard
favorably
or
with
disapproval; "
Her
new
collection
of
poems
was
not
well
received"
-
partake
of
the
Holy
Eucharist
sacrament
-
recieve (
perceptual
input); "
pick
up
a
signal"
-
get
something;
come
into
possession
of; "
receive
payment"; "
receive
a
gift"; "
receive
letters
from
the
front"
-
To
take
as
offered,
sent,
gained,
due,
communicated, &
c.;
to
accept;
to
obtain;
to
embrace;
to
allow;
to
admit;
to
welcome;
to
hold;
to
take
stolen
goods
from
a
thief.
-
To
take
or
obtain
from
another
in
any
manner;
to
accept;
to
take
or
obtain
intellectually;
to
embrace;
to
admit;
to
welcome;
to
take
in
or
on;
in
Scrip.,
to
believe.
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