Receptive \Re*cep"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. See Receive.]
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in,
absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a
receptive mind.
Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. --Glanvill.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |