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receive, v.|rɪˈsiːv|
Forms: α. 4 receyf-, 4–6 receyve, 4, 6– receive, (? 4 imp. receiuf); 4 resceyve, rescheyve, 4–5 resceive, resseyve, 5–6 reseyve; 4 receve, 4–6 reseve, 5 resceve, 5 Sc. resseve, 5 rescewe; 6–7 receave, 6 Sc. receawe; 7 recieve. β. 4 (9 Ir. dial.) resaive, 4–5 ressayve, 4–6 resayve, 4 (6–7 Sc.) ressaive, 5 resaywe; 4 Sc. resaiff, 4 north., 6 Sc. resaif, 5 resayfe, ressayf, 5–6 Sc. ressaif, 6 north. resayff, 6 Sc. rassaif; 4 rescaive, -ayve, 5 reschayfe; 4–6 (9 Ir. dial.) resave, 4 Sc. reschave, 4 (5–7 Sc.) ressave, (? 6 recave); 4 Sc. resaf, ressawe, 4, 6 Sc. resawe, rasawe. γ. 4–6 recive, 4 reycive, rescyve, 6 recyve, (? 5 reciffe). pa. pple. 6 Sc. rassave.
[ad. ONF. receivre, receyvre = OF. reçoivre:—L. recipĕre (f. re- re- + capĕre to take); or OF. receveir, recevoir:—pop. L. *recipēre: cf. conceive and deceive.]
The leading distinction between the senses of receive in Eng. is that between the more active senses included in branches I and II, and the almost passive ones placed under III. This distinction, however, is not always perfectly clear in actual use, and it is often difficult or impossible to determine which aspect of the word is meant to be prominent in particular instances. Owing to the very extensive use of the vb. from the 14th c. onwards, there is also much overlapping of its various applications, and in many examples it is uncertain whether a specific or merely general sense is intended.
I.
1. a. trans. To take in one's hand, or into one's possession (something held out or offered by another); to take delivery of (a thing) from another, either for oneself or for a third party.
a1300Cursor M. 7746 Nou her I leue þe kinges glaiue, Yee send a man at it receiue. c1350Will. Palerne 1260 Þanne william..receyued of þat riche duk realy his swerde. c1420Chron. Vilod. st. 557 Þe lytulle childus honde he streyȝte forthe þo To resayve þat tapre wyth þe lyȝt. c1470Golagros & Gaw. 195 This kyth and this castell, Firth, forest and fell,..Ressaue as your awin. 1539Bible (Great) Matt. xvii. 24 They that vse to receaue tribute-money cam to Peter. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. ii. 40 He would haue giuen it you, but I being in the way, Did in your name receiue it. c1620Sir W. Mure Misc. Poems ii. 39 Receaue, in sing that thou hes won the field, Ye bow, ye schafts [etc.]. c1738Pope To Lady F. Shirley 10 Aw'd, on my bended knees I fell, Receiv'd the weapons of the sky. 1819Shelley Cyclops 411 He..Received it, and at one draught drank it off. 1859Tennyson Elaine 1196 In one cold passive hand Received at once and laid aside the gems.
b. Of God: To take (one's soul, spirit, etc.) to Himself. (Perh. partly in sense 2.)
a1300Cursor M. 19472 To þe iesu Yeild i mi gast, receiuf it nu! 1382Wyclif Acts vii. 58 Thei stoonyden Steuene..seyinge, Lord Ihesu, receyue my spirit. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. cxxiii, Ressaue I sall ȝour saulis of my grace. 1594? Greene Selimus 2180 Thou God of Christians, Receive my dying soul into thy hands. 1827Keble Chr. Y., St. Stephen's Day v, Jesu, do Thou my soul receive.
c. To reset (stolen goods).
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 39 If they would not haue receiued our stollen goods, we woulde neuer haue stollen them. a1625Fletcher Love's Cure v. iii, You must restore all stolen goods you receiv'd. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Receiver, Such as knowingly receive stolen goods from thieves and conceal them. 1898Besant Orange Girl ii. xv, Guilty of receiving stolen goods.
d. To take from another by hearing or listening; to attend, listen, or give heed to.
1388Wyclif Prov. ii. 1 Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, and hidist myn heestis anentis thee. 1489–90Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 91, I have a dedimus potestatem out of the Escheker..derected to Sir Guy Fayrfax, to resayve your hothes and my ladyes. 1535Coverdale Prov. x. 8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge. 1566Painter Pal. Pleas. i. (1569) 232 Madame sith it pleaseth you to receiue mine aduise [etc.]. 1601Shakes. All's Well ii. i. 22 Our hearts receiue your warnings. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 80 Receive news, O fisherman. 1874Green Short Hist. ix. §6 (1895) 663 A priest named Huddleston..received his confession. 1896W. H. Hutton Phil. Augustus ii. 51 He..charged the archbishop of Rheims and others to receive the oath of fealty from his new vassals.
†e. Med. = recipe A. Obs.—1 (In quot. fig.)
1588Greene Perimedes 5 Receiue twenty ounces of merrie conceipts, pounded in the mortar of a quiet resolution.
2. a. To accept (something offered or presented).
In some cases, esp. in negative clauses, this use is not clearly distinguishable from sense 1.
a1300Cursor M. 28794 (Cott.) Vr lauerd..receues..right nan Almus þat o wrang es tan. 13..Ibid. 10276 (Gött.) Quen þu has barntem in lande, Gladly sal we rescyue þi offrand. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 419 [I pray you] That ȝe resaue her his homage, And grantis him his heritage. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 162 [A man] the whyche..the grace that fortune hym yewyth nel resceive. 1513Douglas æneis v. ii. 35 Beseik..That my fadir wald eftir this ressave This sacrifice. 1561Winȝet Cert. Tractates i. Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 7 Na man..wald resaue the office of ane pastour, quhil he wes almaist compellit thairto. 1601Shakes. All's Well i. iii. 243 But thinke you..If you should tender your supposed aide, He would receiue it? 1647Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 55 The Commissioners refusing to receave my Answer sealed, I..read and delivered it open to them. 1776Trial of Nundocomar 16/1 The books must be produced, as we cannot receive parole evidence of their contents. 1836J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1864) II. 472 He who votes for receiving this petition..votes that Congress is bound to take jurisdiction of the question.
†b. To accept the surrender of (a person or place). Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xiii. 530 ‘Till ȝow her I ȝeld me, at ȝour will to be’. ‘And I resaiff the, schir’ saide he. c1470Gregory's Chron. (Camden) 120 Noo captayne..shalle nought ressayvynne, nor suffer to ressayvynne..the captayne ther of. 1470–85Malory Arthur v. xii, Knelyng bifore kynge Arthur [they] requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte, & not to take it by assaulte.
†c. To listen to, or hear, with acceptation. Obs.
1388Wyclif Ps. vi. 9 [10] The Lord hath herd my bisechyng; the Lord hath resseyued my preier. [Also in Coverdale and 1611.]
3. a. To become the support of (something superimposed).
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 163 The grownde was elevate in maner of a hepe to receyve Hillarius. 1736Gray Statius i. 19 Ye Argive flower,..Receive a worthier load. 1842Tennyson Morte d' Arthur 164 Make broad thy shoulders to receive my weight, And bear me to the margin.
b. To catch (a person or thing falling or descending) in the arms or otherwise.
1470–85Malory Arthur i. ix, His four knyghtes receyued hym and set hym an horsback. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 442 Stonde ner, Nichodemus! resaue hym softlye! Mawdleyn, hold ye his fete! 1594? Greene Selimus 1272 A band of armed soldiers Received him falling on their spears' sharp points. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 583 A fiery Globe Of Angels..on their plumy Vans receiv'd him soft From his uneasie station.
c. To catch or intercept (a missile, blow, etc.); to encounter or stand the force or effect of.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 56 b, All the pellettes yt they shall shoute, I will receave them with my cote. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. iii. 122 Like a gate of steele, Fronting the Sunne, receiues and renders backe His figure, and his heate. 1632J. Hayward Biondi's Eromena iii. 79 By this time had the horse (issued from their side) received the charge, after the foote were cut all to pieces. 1704Swift Batt. Bks. Wks. 1751 I. 213 Paracelsus..darted his Javelin with a mighty force, which the brave Antient received upon his Shield. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. xxxv, The son interposing, received the first discharge of her fury. 1814Southey Roderick xxv. 489 The Goth objects His shield, and on its rim received the edge. 1855Brewster Life of Newton I. iii. 46 The rays reflected by the speculum were received upon a plane metallic speculum.
d. To catch (a sound) by the sense of hearing.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 752 Thisbe, Vpon the o syde of the walle stood he, And on that other syde stood Tesbe, The swoote sovne of other to receyve. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. Prol. 6 The fixt Centinels almost receiue The secret Whispers of each others Watch. 1773–83Hoole Orl. Fur. viii. 528 A lamb..strays With tender bleats,..Till from afar the wolf the sound receives.
4. a. To permit oneself to be the object of (some action, etc.); to allow (something) to be done to, or (some quality, etc.) to be conferred on, oneself; to submit to, endure.
a1300Cursor M. 18714 All þat wald tru fra þat time, And siþen wald receiue baptime. 1382Wyclif John v. 44 How mown ȝe bileue, that receyuen glorie ech of other. c1386Chaucer Pard. T. 598 Com forth anon, and kneleth heere adoun And mekely receyueth my pardoun. 1535Coverdale Jer. vii. 28 This is the people, that nether heareth the voyce of the Lorde..ner receaueth his correction. 1556Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. (Arb.) 108 marg., The religiously disposed person..ought pacientlye to receaue and suffer them [griefs]. 1601Holland Pliny xv. iii, If the barke of an Olive tree be slit and cut, it will receive the rellice and smell of any medicinable spice. 1818T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey i, Family interests compelled Mr. Glowry to receive occasional visits from Mr. and Mrs. Hilary. 1861D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante's Vita Nuova 299 The sonnet has two parts... It might well receive other divisions also.
b. To admit (an impression, etc.) by yielding or by adaptation of surface. Also fig.
c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §40, I..wexed my label in Maner of a peyre tables to resceyue distynctly the prikkes of my compas. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. xxiii, Quhat place was left hail in all þare bodyis to ressaue ony new woundis. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 353 His tendrer cheeke receiues her soft hands print. 1655Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. (1701) 88/2 They being eager in prosecution of their design, and he prepared by want, and malice, to receive their impression. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy II. ii, The wax is over hardened, it will not receive the mark of her thimble. 1785Cowper Poplar Field 4 The winds play no longer and sing in the leaves, Nor Ouse on his bosom their image receives. 1898Maxwell Gray House of Hid. Treas. iii. iii, Chip's brain..was more calculated to retain than to receive impressions.
c. To allow (something) to be applied to, or placed on, oneself.
1549Compl. Scot. iv. 31 It is said generelye tyl al them that hes resauit the ȝoilk ande the confessione of crist. 1713Addison Cato ii. i, Egypt has since Received his yoke, and the whole Nile is Cæsar's. 1784Cowper Task iv. 329 Earth receives Gladly the thickening mantle. 1788― Negro's Compl. 42 By our blood in Afric wasted, Ere our necks received the chain. 1820Shelley Œd. Tyr. ii. i. 109 To receive upon her chaste white body Dews of Apotheosis. 1898Maxwell Gray House of Hid. Treas. ii. iii, Barling Harbour received the crimsoning light on its still levels and held it faithfully.
d. Of recording instruments, radio and television sets, etc.: To be affected, or operated on, by (the thing transmitted).
1862Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. xiii. 12/2 The apparatus..for receiving and indicating the signals. 1884Telegraphist June 88/2 Chemically prepared paper..receives the record of signals sent over the lines. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXI. 912I/2 The television signal is received on a short wave antenna and carried by a transmission line to the receiver.
e. Of a radio or television set: to reproduce the sound or picture transmitted by (a station or a person). Also transf., of the user, and absol.
1908Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1907 621 In this way it is possible to receive at Hythe from Elmers End. 1930Morn. Post 18 Aug. 3/4 In order to receive foreign stations consistently it is necessary to employ a powerful receiver. 1969M. Pugit Last Place Left xxv. 187 Get what I mean, now? You receiving me, strength four? 1970J. Earl Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 75 If you are proposing to try receiving distant stations..you will need a tuner of the best possible selectivity.
5. a. To take in; to admit as to a receptacle or containing space; to allow to enter or penetrate.
a1300Cursor M. 1135 [The] erth..þat reseued þi broþer blode, Wit pine it sal þe ȝeild þi fode. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 97 Swolwis of þe see and helle, þat resceyuen al þat þei may & ȝelden not aȝen. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xiv. 61 Þare es a vessell of marble vnder þe table to ressayue þe oel. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 243 The stomake shal be nuet to resceue more charge than hit was wonyt. 1541Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. G ij b, A concauyte wherin is receyued the ende of the addicyon. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 73 b, Doores and enterynges into the chambers..to receiue light and aire at pleasure. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. ii. 184 The Bason that receiues your guilty blood. 1615W. Lawson Country Housew. Gard. (1626) 4 Some for this purpose digge the soyle of their Orchard to receiue moisture. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 55 The Gulf Of Tartarus, which ready opens wide His fiery Chaos to receave thir fall. 1712–4Pope Rape Lock iii. 110 From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide. 1784Cowper Task i. 562 A kettle, slung Between two poles..Receives the morsel. 1814Southey Roderick xxv. 351 Let One grave with Christian rites receive them both.
transf.1388Wyclif Ecclus. xxxvi. 21 An vnwise herte resseyueth false wordis. 1533Bellenden Livy v. ii, We differ nocht þe batall bot ressauis It within þe bosum of oure landis. 1780Cowper Progr. Err. 431 Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak.
b. Of a place or building: To admit (a person); to give accommodation or shelter to.
a1300Cursor M. 17982 ‘Helle’, he seide, ‘make þe redy To receyue iesu hastily’. 1382Wyclif Acts iii. 21 Jhesu Crist, whom sotheli it bihoueth heuene for to resceyue. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxii. 243 Innes ordeyned..to resceyve bothe Man and Hors. c1475Partenay 160 Som receit nye the wodes lynde, Wher we mow thys tym receyued to be. a1625Beaum. & Fl. Knt. of Malta iv. i, This cave, fashion'd..To be a den for beasts, alone receives me. 1667Milton P.L. i. 252 Hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new Possessor. 1784Cowper Task i. 354 We tread the Wilderness..The Grove receives us next. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose x. motto, More doubtful show'd The mansion which received them from the road. 1898Maxwell Gray House of Hid. Treas. Prol. ii, It was a long time since the Old House had received a child-guest.
c. To afford proper room or space to; to hold or contain conveniently.
c1440Generydes 1972 All ther hoole puysaunce, Whiche was so grete..The Cite myght resseyue them day ne night. 1549T. Some Ded. to Latimer's Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 19 As it is vnpossyble that a litel ryuer should receiue ye recourse of ye mayne sea with in his brymmes. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xxiii. 139 A port..able to receiue a 100. Gallies. 1611Bible 1 Kings viii. 64 The brasen Altar..was too little to receiue the burnt offerings. 1697Dryden æneid Ded. in Ess. (1900) II. 228 The scantiness of our heroic verse is not capable of receiving more than one. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports 474/1 The well [of a rowing-boat]..is long enough to receive two men instead of one.
6. a. To take in by the mouth; to swallow. (In later examples prob. a contextual use of other senses.) ? Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 77 A mouth-full of hoot water, ilk morwe twyes ressayued. 1484Caxton Fables of Poge x, He gaf to hym the sayd pylles & badde hym to receyue and take them. 1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 242 The patient that doth determine to receiue a litle Rheubarb. 1599B. Jonson Every Man out of Hum. iii. i. (Rtldg.) 46/2 The Cuban..whiff, which he shall receive or take in here at London, and evaporate at Uxbridge. 1608Shakes. Per. i. ii. 69 Thou..minister'st a potion unto me That thou wouldst tremble to receive thyself. 1742Pope Dunc. iv. 383 Down his own throat he risk'd the Grecian gold, Receiv'd each Demi-God,..Deep in his Entrails. 1840Browning Sordello v. 447 If lies are true, The Caliph's wheel-work man of brass receives A meal.
b. To participate in, take (the sacrament or sacred elements). See also 23.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 10199 Þe folk þat to þe preste went For to receyue þe sacrament. c1375XI Pains of Hell 188 in O.E. Misc. 216 Þese beleuid not..in cristis carnacione..And neuer resayuyd cristis body. c1420Chron. Vilod. st. 468 Þe mayden kneled at þe auters ȝende..& abode þere to resaue hurre saueour. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiv. 8 Ane preist sweirit be God verey Quhilk at the alter ressauit he. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iv. 208 Thou did'st receiue the Sacrament, to fight In quarrell of the House of Lancaster. 1686[H. More] Brief Disc. Real Presence 52 We really though spiritually..eat or receive the real Body and Blood of Christ. 1791Burke in Hansard Parl. Hist. (1814) XXIX. 397 The priest, from whom they had received the sacrament, had not submitted to the test. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §4 (1895) 510 The habit of receiving the communion in a sitting posture.
7. To take into the mind; to apprehend mentally; to understand; to learn.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. iv. 82 But marke me, To be receiued plaine, Ile speake more grosse. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 37 He made him presently fit to receave his doctrine. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 179 The Acts of God..to human ears Cannot without process of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receave. 1733Pope Ess. Man. iii. 175 Thy arts of building from the bee receive. 1892Westcott Gospel of Life 191 Man is fitted by his essential constitution to receive a knowledge of God.
II.
8. a. To admit (a person) into some relation with oneself, esp. to familiar or social intercourse; to treat in a familiar or friendly manner.
a1300Cursor M. 4939, I receiud þam, and warnd ham noght Of alle thing þai me be-soght. 1320–30Horn Ch. in Ritson Metr. Rom. III. 291 Houlac king was wel hende, Ressaived hem nighen. c1384Chaucer H. Fame i. 339 Anon as we han yeu receyued Certenly we ben deceyuyd. 1484Caxton Fables of Poge viii, Two wymmen..came to a curteyzan,..whome he receyued [etc.]. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 303 The other prisoners..went to see the king at their pleasure, and were receyued onely vpon their faythes. 1611Bible 2 Cor. xi. 16 Let no man thinke mee a foole; if otherwise, yet as a foole receiue me. 1703Steele Tend. Husb. i. i, He is a Gentleman so Receiv'd, so Courted, and so Trusted. 1784Cowper Task iii. 81 A waif, Desirous to return, and not received. 1885Mabel Collins Prettiest Woman ii, ‘She shall be received at my house’ said Prince Sucha.
b. In religious use, with reference to the acceptation of man by God, or of Christ by man.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 236 Þouȝe he to-day fro hys god weyue, To-morwe hys god wyl hym receyue. 1382Wyclif John i. 11 He cam in to his owne thingis, and hise receyueden not him. Ibid. xiii. 20 He that receyueth me, receyueth him that sente me. 1535Coverdale Ps. xlviii. [xlix.] 15 God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell, when he receaueth me. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 87 Aduert till Goddis word and Discipline, Ressaif his Sone. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington 281 God accept him, Christ receive him.
†c. Astrol. (Cf. reception 2 a.) Obs.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 209 O fieble Moone,..Thou knyttest thee ther thou art nat receyued. c1391― Astrol. ii. §4 The lord of the assendent..where-as he is in his dignite & conforted with frendly aspectys of planetes & [wel] resceued.
9. a. To meet (a person) with signs of welcome or salutation; to pay attention or respect to (one who comes to a place); to greet or acknowledge upon arrival or entrance. (See also 10.)
a1300Cursor M. 15059 Þe receiues þin aun folk and welcums þe hame. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 3 Alle of assent..Ther noble Kyng were glad to resseyve. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii. 287 The dukes sone of Barre with a fayre meyny resseyued this worthy lady. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. vi. 4 b, Ther came with him.. captaines and Ianissaries to receiue the Ambassadour. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §78 The city of London made great preparations to receive the King. 1850Tennyson In Mem. lxxxv, The great Intelligences fair That range above our mortal state..Received and gave him welcome there. 1883Howells in Harper's Mag. Dec. 81/1 You stay here and receive him, Nettie.
b. To admit to one's presence. rare.
1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 85 The Grand Signior..is willing first to see what he hath brought, before he receive him to Audience.
10. a. To meet, welcome or greet (a person) in a specified manner.
c1330Arth. & Merl. 3376 (Kölbing) Al, þat euer wald þider gon, Curteyseliche were ressaiued anon. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 163 He resawyt him in gret daynte. Ibid. iii. 661 The king rycht weill resawyt he. c1400Destr. Troy 8311 Ho receyuit hym with Reuerence. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii (1482) 287 Our kynge with al his lordes goodly and worshipfully hym resceyued and welcomed hym. 1516Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 10 The Queene of Scottes..was richly receaved, and rode thorowe London. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 18 He was royally received of kynge Henry the eight. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Pol. Touchstone (1674) 268 This Duke visited..Prospero Colonna, of whom he was received with all sorts of Honour. 1702Addison Dial. Medals Wks. 1721 I. 484 Well received among the Prætorian guards, and afterwards declared their Emperor. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 101 The lord mayor came to quell the tumult, but was received with cries of ‘No wooden gods’. Ibid. xv. II. 598 Mulgrave was received not ungraciously at Saint James's. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. i. 30 Attila..had received the Roman ambassadors, as a barbarian indeed, but as a king.
b. Mil. To meet with resistance (an enemy, his attack, etc.).
1375Barbour Bruce xiii. 16 Thair fais resauit thame weill, I hycht, With swerdis, speris, and with macys. c1477Caxton Jason 15 b, [They] broched their horses with their spores and receyuid them..with the might of their speris. 1650Cromwell Let. 4 Sept. in Carlyle, The Enemy being in a very good posture to receive them. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. xi, Our friend received the enemy's attack with intrepidity. 1892Chamb. Jrnl. 24 Sept. 610/2 There was no time to get into square formation to ‘receive’ the charging horsemen.
11. a. To admit (a person) to a place; esp. to give accommodation or shelter to; to harbour.
1390Gower Conf. III. 318 To his In, Wher he whilom sojourned in, He goth him straght and was resceived. c1400Mandeville (1839) vi. 66 Men resceyved there alle manere of Fugityfes of other places, for here evyl Dedis. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. xxiii, It was betrasit be ane servand, quhilk ressauit þame at ane secrete place. 1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Occultator, A place meete to receyue and hide theeues in. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 101 Take heede what Guests You receiue: Receiue (says he) no swaggering Companions. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 53 Nae hostler, heritor or yeoman..shall ressaive any such maisterless or idle man. 1704Addison Italy 8 It..drove out the Spanish Garrison and receiv'd a French one. 1846Penny Cycl. Supp. II. 165/2 A married woman also shall not be liable to conviction for receiving her husband. 1859Tennyson Guinevere 140 O peaceful Sisterhood, Receive, and yield me sanctuary.
b. Const. into or within (a house, city, one's arms, etc.).
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 22 Oþir tenauntis of þe lord shall resceyve me into þere housis. c1400Mandeville (1839) vi. 67 Of tho same resceyved Abraham the Aungeles in to his Hous. 1526Tindale John vi. 21 Then wolde they have receaved hym into the shippe. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 354 The Senate refused to make surrender or to receive a power into the citie. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 20 Another gate..by which passengers are receiued into the City by night. 1713Addison Cato i. ii. To-morrow should we thus express our friendship, Each might receive a slave into his arms. 1805Scott Last Minstr. iv. xxiv, Either receive within thy towers Two hundred of my master's powers, Or [etc.]. 1874Green Short Hist. ix. §4 (1895) 650 Titus Oates..had been received into Jesuit houses at Valladolid and St. Omer.
c. With other than personal object.
1545Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 10 The said pryse of Portingal takin be the saidis Franchemen may be ressavit in this realm. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. (1895) 116 A large and wyde sea, which..receaueth in shyppes towardes euery parte of the lande. 1896W. H. Hutton Phil. Augustus v. 116 The bishop of Limoges did homage..and his see was received into the king's direct domain.
12. a. To admit (a person or thing) to, into († in) a state, condition, privilege, occupation, etc.
c1366Chaucer A.B.C. 35 Ful ofte..Hast þou to misericorde resceyued me. 1375Barbour Bruce ix. 523 The chiftanis in hy can ta Thair way to Bothwell, for till be Resauit in-to gude savite. Ibid. x. 127 He resauit him till his pes. 1382Wyclif Mark v. 37 He resceyuede not ony man to sue him, no but Petre, and James [etc.]. c1400Rule St. Benet 141 This is þe furme how A Nouice sall be made & resaiuid to religiun. 1535Coverdale Ps. lxxii[i]. 24 Thou ledest me with thy councel, and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. vi. 314 The king forgyues him, and receaues him in his fauour. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 436 We..do crave to be received and adopted into the same Laws and Privileges which your other Subjects enjoy. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. Ded., The greatest ambition of the Author of it, is, to have it received into your Patronage and Protection. 1784Johnson in Boswell, Receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness. 1864M. E. Braddon H. Dunbar II. 211 A lady whom she used to receive to music lessons.
b. To admit to membership of a society or class or to partnership in work; to take in among other persons or things. Also const. into.
1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 6 Whan a brother or a suster schal be resceyued, þat þey schul be swore vpon a book to þe brotherhede. c1400Rule St. Benet 110/2201 Fro time þai resauyd be, All salbe sarued in o degre. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. ii, Haue we nocht ressauit sindri of the house of Claudius..amang þe nowmer of patricianis? 1549Latimer 5th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 136 They that wyl not for the offyce sake receyue other, regarde more the flese than the flocke. 1724Waterland Athan. Creed vi. Wks. 1823 IV. 230 One may..infer, that this Creed was not received into the Roman Offices so early as the year 809. 1843Baptist Reporter Jan. 48 Forty-five persons have been received by immersion into the church. 1894Forsyth Forms of Service Ch. Scot. 42 Your brethren in office will receive you into the Kirk-Session by giving you the right hand of fellowship.
13. a. To take or accept (a person) in some capacity. Const. as, for, † to, † to be, or with simple predicate. Also in phr. to receive in marriage = to take in marriage s.v. take v. 14 b.
a1400–50Alexander 3478 Alexander..Resayued to his riche quene Rosan his doȝtir. c1400Rule St. Benet 133 Al strangers or ghestes arn to be receyued..as god. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. vii. 79, I the ressaue..As son in law and successour to me. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. ii, Oure progenitouris contempnit nocht strangearis, bot ressauit þame to be kingis. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. vii. 16 b, One of the Moores, which was receiued for Pilot. 1644Shetland Witch Trial in Hibbert Shetland Isl. (1822) 602 The Assyze being recavit, sworn and admittit. 1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 79 He was chearfully received Generall to that victorious Army. 1671Milton Samson 883 Why then Didst thou at first receive me for thy husband? 1835O. Pratt in Utah Gen. & Hist. Mag. (1938) XXIX. 34, I baptized Sarah Marinda Bates, near Sacketts Harbor, whom I received in marriage upwards of one year after.
b. To admit (a person) to plead or give evidence.
1607Cowell Interpr. s.v. Resceyt, He in the reuersion commeth in, and prayeth to be receiued to defend the land, and to plead with the Demandant. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §130 The law was clear that less than two witnesses ought not [to] be received in case of treason.
14. a. To take, accept, regard, hear, etc. (anything offered or presented, or to which attention is given) in a specified manner or with a specified expression of feeling.
1390Gower Conf. III. 163 Thessamplerie Of Arisippe is wel received And thilke of Diogene is weyved. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 172 He toke not to hevynesse the damagis that hym befell, but..ham rescewyth lyghtly. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 16 His bokes are joyfullye received and red of good and well learned men. 1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 129 But how hath she receiu'd his Loue? 1605― Lear ii. ii. 155 My Sister may recieue it much more worss. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §166 This, though a known truth to any one who knew anything of the law, was received with noise and clamour. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 503 Thus they win Great numbers of each Nation to receave With joy the tidings brought from Heav'n. 1874Green Short Hist. ii. §8. 105 The brutal murder was received with a thrill of horror throughout Christendom.
b. To take for, regard as, etc. (Cf. 13.)
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 502 Now is routhe to rede how..þe Rode [is] receyued for þe worthier þan crystes crosse. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xlvi. 76 Man may tak in his lady sic delyt,..[as] for his hevin rassaif hir cullour quhyt. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ix. 259 This he for a takne ressaiuet and sygne, that the end of his lyfe was at hande. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, ii. i. 125 This from a dying man receiue as certaine. 1671Milton Samson 473 These words I as a Prophecy receive. a1817Jane Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iv. 58 He thought it a very degrading alliance; and Lady Russell..received it as a most unfortunate one.
15. a. To accept as an authority, rule, or practice; to admit the truth or validity of; to make use of.
1382Wyclif Prol. Bible i. 2 Holy chirche resceyueth not siche bookis. ― Acts xvi. 21 These men..schewen a custom, the which it is not leueful to vs for to receyue. 1482Caxton Trevisa's Higden v. xiv. 250 b, But he plesyd her and other that had resseyued his lawe in this maner [etc.]. 1513Douglas æneis v. x. 99 And mychty Rome syne eftir mony ane day Sik ois rasavit has. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. (Arb.) 260 This word egar is as much to say as to wander or stray out of the way, which in our English is not receiued. 1626Bacon Sylva §104 This Computation of Eight, is a thing rather receiued, than any true Computation. 1652Needham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 21 This appear's plain in the Imperial Law; nor do wee know of any Nation where it is not received. 1709Berkeley Th. Vision §131 An axiom universally received. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. Wks. 1825 III. 263 These books were not only received from the beginning, but received with the greatest respect. 1884D. Hunter tr. Reuss' Hist. Canon xvii. 349 The duty of approving and receiving Scripture.
b. To give credit to; to believe. Also absol.
1382Wyclif Matt. xi. 14 Ȝif ȝe wolen resseyuen, he is Ely that is to cume. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 212, I will..driue the Gentleman (as I know his youth will aptly receive it) into a most hideous opinion [etc.]. 1605― Macb. i. vii. 74, 77 Macb. Will it not be receiu'd,..That they haue don't? Lady. Who dares receiue it other? 1784Cowper Task v. 855 They..speak in ears That hear not or receive not their report. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. 2055 This stupid lie, Its liar never dared propound in Rome, He gets Arezzo to receive.
†c. To give assent to, to pass (a law). Obs.
1538Starkey England i. i. 15 Lawys..receyuyd and stablyschyd for the mayntenaunce..of vertue. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §138 The greatest invitation to the House of Commons so irregularly to receive that bill to remove the bishops.
III. 16. a. To have (a thing) given or handed to oneself; to get from another or others. Also receiving = being received.
a1300Cursor M. 16470 Wit his penis forth he lepe he had resaueid are. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 24 He resceyued þe coroune, after his broþer dede. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxiv. (Alexis) 128 Scho suld..þare-of rasawe gret med In hewine. 1484Caxton Fables of Poge viii, The sellar..delyuerd the hors and receyued the xv. ducattes. 1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) C vi, Sins that I haue of yowre hignesse..so muche goode resavede. 1583Leg. Bp. St. Androis 383 Ane William Symsone,..Whome fra scho hes resavit a buike. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith v. (1608) 74 in Sylvester's Du Bartas, Come all to Court, and there ye shall resaue A thousand gaines. 1667Milton P.L. v. 423 The Sun that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompence In humid exhalations. 1689Answ. Lords & Commons Sp. 34 The very Money that is now receiving, was asked with Two Armies on Foot. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xlix. V. 133 The conquerors of the West would receive their crown from the successors of St. Peter. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) III. 369 His mother..residing in one of them..and receiving rent for the others. 1891Rosebery Pitt ix. 149 The essential point..is to receive in return the services for which the payment is made.
b. To get (a letter, etc.) brought to oneself or delivered into one's hands.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 48 Þis Epistel ressayued, Alexander did after his consaill. 1478W. Paston in P. Lett. III. 237, I have resevyd of Alwedyr a lettyr. 1530Palsgr. 680/2, I receyved but one letter from my father sythe he went in to the countraye. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. ii. 5 Heere receiue we from our Father Stanley Lines of faire comfort. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §44 Arundel and Holland gave another kind of reception to the letters they received. 1798Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 208 A letter is certainly received here by an individual from Talleyrand. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xxxvii, Elsmere received a characteristic letter from him.
c. To get by communication from another; to learn, ascertain, etc., in this way.
1526Tindale 1 Cor. xi. 23 That which I gave vnto you I receaved off the lorde. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. i. 164 Sometimes from her eyes I did receiue faire speechlesse messages. 1608― Per. i. i. 1 Young prince of Tyre, you have at large received The danger of the task you undertake. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §10 To enjoin that no presbyter should reveal any thing he should receive in confession. 1674Ray Collect. Words, Allom Work at Whitby 139 The process of making Allom, as we partly saw, and partly received from the workmen. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. iv. 169 On Mr. Anson's receiving any other intelligence. 1893Weekly Notes 68/2 The date at which he received notice of the receiving order.
17. a. To get (a person) into one's custody, control, vicinity, society, etc. Now rare or Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 22077 Þe deuil sal..vmbelai hir al bidene, Al in his weild hir to receiue. 1382Wyclif Luke xv. 27 Thi brodir is comen, and thi fadir hath slayn a fat calf, for he receyuede him saf. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiv. 23 The Feind ressaif me gif I le. 1513Douglas æneis i. v. 81 Romulus sall the peple ressaue and weild. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. 219 Conran receaueng in mariage Ada, the sister of Ambrose. 1611Bible Ps. lxxv. 2 When I shall receiue the congregation, I will iudge vprightly.
b. To get, or come into, possession of (a town, country, etc.). rare.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 739 He..besieged a towne.., which when he had receyued,..he caused all the inhabitants cruelly to be put to death. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. 139 His countrey and kingdome, quhilke..he receiuet sair oppressit be his nychtbouris.
c. To get or acquire (some feature).
1789Ann. Reg. 132/2 About ten years ago she received a new set of teeth. 1874Green Short Hist. ii. §8. 112 The three distinct courts..which by the time of Edward the First received distinct judges. 1880T. Hardy Wessex Tales, Fellow-Townsmen iv. (1896) 126 A window-niche which had as yet received no frame.
18. a. To have (some quality, attribute, or property) given, bestowed, conferred or impressed.
c1320Cast. Love 1661 Comyth..And receyvyth the blysfull joy anon. 1382Wyclif Acts ix. 12 He syȝ a man..puttinge to hym hondis, that he receyue siȝt. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 58 Al þe body ressayues strynght. 1422Ibid., Priv. Priv. 243 Al the Erthe rescewyth his anournement and his beute. c1450Merlin 109 Worthier men and wise, that were better worthi to resceyve that dignyte, than a boy. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 5 Quhilk hes ressavit the office of teching. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvi. 138 They promise obedience, that they may receive life. 1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. xxvi. (1672) 62 The place is, where the acrimonious humours..receive the form of humours. 1708Swift Sentiments Ch.-Eng. Man Wks. 1751 IV. 76 Those who receive orders must have some Vices to leave behind them when they enter into the Church. 1754Richardson Grandison IV. v. 45 If your mind.. should then have received alteration. 1813Edin. Rev. Oct. 174 Such collections of stony fragments..receive the name of Moraines. 1883Catholic Dict. s.v. Reception, In many countries..bishops receive power as delegates of the Holy See..to absolve from the censure.
b. In religious use, of the reception of spiritual influences.
a1300Cursor M. 19544 Þai praid for þam..þai suld receue þe haligast. 1382Wyclif Acts viii. 17 Thanne thei puttiden hondis on hem, and thei receyueden the Hooly Gost. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lvii. §6 We receive Christ Jesus in baptism once as the first beginner..of our life.
19. a. To be the object of (some action); to experience or meet with (some treatment).
c1330King of Tars 850 In to the watur he con gon, And reseyvede the baptise. 1382Wyclif Acts x. 43 For to receyue remyscioun of synnes by his name. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence 3 Þe knees..þat resseyuen a synguler influence of þe sterris of Capricorn. 1535Coverdale Ps. xxiii[i]. 5 He shal receaue the blessinge from the Lord, and mercy from God his sauioure. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. 216 He had beine vnthankful of al benifite and gude deid ressauet. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 6 The honour he had receiv'd in our Court, during his Exile. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 704 A Fault which easie Pardon might receive, Were Lovers Judges. 1781Cowper Retirem. 302 This [malady]..Claims most compassion, and receives the least. 1859Stopford Work & Counterwork 88 The pleasure of receiving unwonted sympathy. 1891Law Times XCI. 2/2 The proposal..deserves more attention than it is likely at present to receive.
b. To suffer, undergo, be subjected to (something hurtful or unpleasant).
1375Barbour Bruce iv. 273 Throu hir feill the ded resauit. 1390Gower Conf. I. 9 For every lond..of desese his part receyveth. Ibid. 82 He schal noght faile to receive His peine. c1450Merlin 32 He hadde resceyved deth thourgh me. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop ii. x, Men ought to presume ouer hym by whome they receyue somme dommage. 1535Coverdale Hos. x. 6 Ephraim shal receaue full punishment. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 125 King Canutus.., after that he had received the woorse in a fight in Lincolne shyre. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies. iii. xxvi. 200 The Townes and Provinces..receive sometimes great losses by these Earthquakes. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxxvii. (1674) 117 The ruines, plunderings.., and other utter desolations which she had received from the Goths. 1745Col. Rec. Pennsylv. V. 4 That the House might not receive any delay. 1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 293, I have received..calumny only as the reward of all my services. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxxii, Mrs. Jarley..recounted, word for word, the affronts she had received. 1887Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th C. (1892) VII. xx. 167 France..had undoubtedly received much real provocation.
c. To be exposed to (heat, light, etc.).
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 71 Þe mete of þe mydday resceyueth þe hete of þe day. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 411 Nor plant it to receive the setting Sun.
20. a. To have (a blow, wound, mark, etc.) inflicted or made upon one or in some part; to get (a specified injury).
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2076 Þat schulde teche hym to tourne to þat tene place, Þer þe ruful race he schulde resayue. 1382Wyclif 2 Cor. xi. 24, I resceyuede of the Jewis fyue sythis fourty strokis oon lesse. 1526Tindale Rev. xiii. 16 He made all..to receave a marke in their right hondes. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV 28 b, The earle received such a wound in his head that he departed out of this world. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 8 b/1 Hippocrates reciteth to have cured a personage which had receaved a shot with an arrowe. a1671Ld. Fairfax Mem. (1699) 54 Here I received a shot in the wrist of my arm, which made the bridle fall out of my hand. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 162 This Kiaya..after a long fight, received a thrust with a Pike in the Belly. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy I. xxv, The wound in my uncle Toby's groin, which he received at the siege of Namur. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 282/1 Excision will be of use a considerable time after the bite is received. 1860Tennyson Sea Dreams 157, I stood like one that had received a blow. 1898Daily News 25 Feb. 3/2 One man's thigh was broken, another received a broken jaw.
†b. Of a ship: To spring (a leak). Obs.
1595Drake's Voy. (Hakl. Soc.) 25 The Hope received a leake and was forced to go from the fleete, to an iland.
c. To come in the way of and suffer from (a missile, gun, etc.).
1715–20Pope Iliad v. 712 His bended arm received the falling stone. 1805Duncan British Trident IV. 227 The boats..(after having beat the launch.., and receiving several guns and small arms from the frigate) boarded. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. lii, Mr. Pecksniff started back as if he had received the charge of an electric battery.
21. To have (a law, etc.) imposed or laid on one; to get as a charge.
1382Wyclif 2 John 4 As we receyueden maundement of the fadir. 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras ix. 36 We yt haue receaued the lawe, perish in synne, and oure hert also which receaued the lawe. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 17 Two champions braue, With armies huge approching to resaue Thy will. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 3 Receiue the Sentence of the Law for sinne. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies v. xxv. 398 They received penaunce, yea sometimes very sharpely. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. iv. §358 Four lords and eight commoners,..who were always to receive instructions from themselves. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 240 With what eyes could we Stand in his presence humble, and receive Strict Laws impos'd. 1784Cowper Task vi. 200 The infant elements received a law From which they swerve not since. Ibid. 335 The total herd [of cattle] receiving..a summons to be gay. 1839Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 25 He reported the case and received directions from the prelate. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 82 No man likes to receive laws when they are first imposed.
IV. Absolute uses.
22. a. To take, accept, or get, in various senses; to be or become a recipient; to take in, admit, etc.
1382Wyclif Acts xx. 35 It is more blessid for to ȝyue, more than for to receyue. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 173 The Prynces in olde tyme..more gladly they yawyn than resceuet. a1500Wycket (1828) 1 He that seketh fyndeth, and that axeth receyueth. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg D ij b, Some [bones] are enbossed for to entre, and other haue vacuytes that receyueth. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 141, I come by note to giue, and to receiue. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 109 Thou Centring receav'st from all those Orbs. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) III. 391/2 The receipt..must be signed by the person receiving. 1817Byron Beppo xxxiv, His heart was..Wax to receive, and marble to retain. 1869Skeat Langland's P. Pl. B. xvii. 177 marg., The palm..receives from the fingers.
b. Const. of.
1382Wyclif Mark xii. 2 [He sent] a seruaunt, that he schulde receyue of the fruyt. ― Rev. xviii. 4 Ȝe schulen not receyue of the plagis of it. 1526Tindale John xix. 30 As sone as Iesus had receaved of the venegre. 1535Coverdale Deut. xxxiii. 3 They shall set them selues downe at thy fete, and receaue of thy wordes. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 4 He..receiveth of the smiles and favours of him that is Judge of all. 1833Tennyson Lotos-Eaters 30 Whoso did receive of them, And taste.
23. To take the sacrament; to communicate.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 19 b, They receyved under bothe kyndes. 1584Fenner Def. Ministers (1587) 88 The priuate Masse of the Papistes, where the Priestes and his Clearke onely doe receyue. 1653Baxter Chr. Concord 89 Our Objectors will never prove that they Received standing. 1686Wood Life 5 Jan. (O.H.S.) III. 176 Mr Boys and Mr Deane were in the outer Chapel, but did not come in to receive. 1874G. A. Denison Let. 18 Aug. in 50 Yrs. at East Brent (1902) 157, I do not understand worshipping where I cannot receive if I desire to receive.
24. To hold receptions; to receive visitors.
1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon xxviii. (1855) 445 He declared, that she should be crowned with him, and that she should receive at his side. 1877World VII. No. 180. 4 He goes into society, or, what is still more agreeable to him, receives at home. 1902H. James Wings of Dove ix. xxxii. 499 ‘I'm commissioned to ask you from her to go and see her.’.. He was..bewildered. ‘Then she can receive—?’
25. The infin. used, usu. attrib., to designate the receiving mode, controls, etc., of a radio or telecommunication system.
1920Wireless World 7 Aug. 356/1 A send-receive switch. 1966‘A. Hall’ 9th Directive xiii. 121 Loman was buzzing for me so I switched the radio to ‘receive’. ‘Do you hear me, Quiller?’ 1970New Scientist 24 Dec. 554/3 The Applications Technology Satellite 3..provided two transmit and two receive voice channels. |